Definitions for turbits

turbits tur·bit

Spelling: [tur-bit]
IPA: /ˈtɜr bɪt/

Turbits is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in turbits (birsttu).

Definitions for turbits

noun

  1. one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.

Origin of turbits

1680-90; variant of turbot; apparently because, like the fish, the bird is toplike in outline

Examples for turbits

The Pouter inflates both its true crop and œsophagus; the turbit inflates in a much less degree the œsophagus alone.

Soup top and bottom (white and brown), removed by turbit and sammon with immense boles of lobster-sauce.

The direction and length of certain feathers have been much modified, as in the hood of the Jacobin and the frill of the turbit.

Word Value for turbits
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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