Definitions For Humbug

noun

  • Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  • Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
  • Pretentious or silly talk or writing
  • Language or behavior that is false or meant to deceive people
  • Someone or something that is not honest or true
  • A hard peppermint candy

verb

  • Trick or deceive

Is Humbug a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Humbug is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Humbug in a Sentence

  • Tests showed that the “old” map of America was a cleverly made humbug
  • Those UFO stories are a lot of humbug
  • humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being

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Antonyms for Humbug

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