Definitions for gumboil

gumboil gum·boil

Spelling: [guhm-boil]
IPA: /ˈgʌmˌbɔɪl/

Gumboil is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in gumboil (bgilmou).

Definitions for gumboil

noun

  1. a small abscess on the gum, originating in an abscess in the pulp of a tooth.

Origin of gumboil

First recorded in 1745-55; gum2 + boil2

Examples for gumboil

A good example of this is seen in what is known as a gumboil.

I've been young myself, and I know youth is touchy as a gumboil when it comes to love affairs.

If he has sciatica, pleurisy or a gumboil, he can speak of his ailments and tell people what is the matter with him.

George, my dear old school-chum, with the V.C., and his wife tells me of it as casually as if it had been a gumboil!

Word Value for gumboil
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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