babushka
Noun
- A woman's headscarf, folded triangularly and tied under the chin.
- a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women
- An Eastern European old woman.
- An Eastern European old woman.
- A Russian grandmother.
- A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
- A Russian doll, a matryoshka.
Examples
- He wrapped up the endgame neatly by playing BABUSHKA.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ба́бушка (bábuška, “grandmother”), from Old East Slavic бабушка (babuška, “grandmother, midwife”). First attested in the 1830s.
Scrabble Score: 19
babushka: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbabushka: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
babushka: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
babushka: valid Words With Friends Word