Definitions for boon

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Spelling: [boon]
IPA: /bun/

Boon is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in boon (bnoo).

Definitions for boon

noun

  1. something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
  2. something that is asked; a favor sought.
  3. the ligneous waste product obtained by braking and scutching flax.

adjective

  1. jolly; jovial; convivial:
  2. Archaic. kindly; gracious; bounteous.

Origin of boon

1125-75; Middle English bone Old Norse bōn prayer; cognate with Old English bēn

Examples for boon

Let us go to Montcalm, and demand admission: he dare not deny a child the boon.

And is that the only boon you crave at my hands, Mr. Kirkwood?

The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.

boon Clatterbuck throwing his whiskey bottle away, Jack Teagarden almost clearing his throat.

I am never so surrounded by boon companions as when I am all alone.

Adding vehicles to the grid could be a boon to vehicle and fleet owners in several ways.

The bearer of this gift is entitled to claim any boon from Isabella.

Apple is already positioning egg freezing as a boon to women at the company.

Now they do business year round, which has been a boon in times of economic crisis.

The boon I crave is that you will place it in my hands and let me die still grasping it.

Word Value for boon
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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