Definitions for bayou

bayou bay·ou

Spelling: [bahy-oo, bahy-oh]
IPA: /ˈbaɪ u, ˈbaɪ oʊ/

Bayou is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in bayou (abouy).

Definitions for bayou

noun

  1. a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
  2. any of various other often boggy and slow-moving or still bodies of water.

Origin of bayou

1710-20, Americanism; Louisiana French, said to be Choctaw bayuk river forming part of a delta

Examples for bayou

The enemy was strongly posted in a wood at a bend in the bayou.

But Hillstomp is the real deal, as legit as anything you will find nowadays down on the bayou.

“Now you will come with me,” said bayou to Papalier, impatiently.

Instead, bayou, Israel's hedge-fund group, continued to flounder and the deception only grew.

He was asleep; had gone to sleep calling her "Maman" and babbling of wild-fowl on the bayou.

All the moves, that is, except managing his state properly—at least according to bayou voters.

The darling of the festival circuit just arrived in theaters—and the bayou drama seems destined for Academy Award glory.

On the 13th they came to the banks of a wide creek or bayou, which they had no means of crossing.

At a rally for longshot Senate candidate on the bayou, Sarah Palin got choked up on Thursday.

The house had floated out of a bayou, I found, which was the reason we did not see it sooner.

Word Value for bayou
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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