Is “Bombast” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
BOMBAST
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
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Meaning of Bombast

/ˈbɒmbæst/

noun

  1. 1.Cotton, or cotton wool.

  2. 2.Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.

  3. 3.High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.

Synonyms: fustian, aureation, bombard phrase, fustian, grandiloquence, purple prose

verb

  1. 1.To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.

  2. 2.To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

adjective

  1. 1.Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.

Synonyms: aureate, highfalutin

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