bubbe

Plural: bubbes

Noun

A grandmother.
An elderly woman.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish באָבע (bobe, “grandmother”), and then either from a Slavic language or from eastern Middle High German bābe (“old woman”), both from Proto-Slavic *baba (“old woman”) and ultimately imitative of a child’s babbling. Doublet of baba.

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 0

bubbe: not valid in Words With Friends