boonies

Noun

Remote, sparsely populated rural areas; the hinterlands.
A remote, rural, or undeveloped area.
Boondocks.

Examples

He had to dig into the BOONIES of his lexicon to find a word that fit that tricky spot.
His words were so obscure, they seemed to come from the BOONIES of the dictionary.

Origin / Etymology

Clipping of boondocks + -ies, as if a singular *boony (“remote place (singular)”). It was shortened as such by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:remote place

Scrabble Score: 9

boonies: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
boonies: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
boonies: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

boonies: valid Words With Friends Word