moola
Examples
- This high-scoring word is worth a lot of ’MOOLA’ in Words With Friends points.
Origin / Etymology
Unknown, attested since the 1920s. Suggested origins, none of which are accepted by mainstream lexicographers, include:
* from Romani mol (“have value, be worth”)
* from Irish moll óir (“heap of gold”) However, this is unlikely because of the difference in pronunciation.
* from French moulin (“mill”)
* from Chinook Jargon moola (“mill”)
* from Sanskrit मूल (mūla, “capital, principal”)
* coined by Chuck Green, a friend of Damon Runyon
Synonyms
Bugs Bunny, ackers, bees and honey, blunt, brass, bread, bread and honey, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, fedi, feds, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwolla, gwop, jack, legal tender, lolly, lovely jubbly, mazuma, means, money, moola, mozzarella, muck, oof, ooftish, paper, rhino, scratch, scrilla, shrapnel, simoleons, smackeroonies, smackeroos, smackers, spend, spondulicks, swag, wampum, wonga, yenom
Scrabble Score: 7
moola: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmoola: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
moola: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary