Definitions For Cowabunga
Interjection
{{en-interj}} (slang, originally, _, US, usually, _, jocular) {{n-g, Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy.}} : Cowabunga, dude!Synonyms
expressing amazement See thesaurus:wow expressing exuberant approval See thesaurus:yayTranslations
expression of amazement or enthusiasm, wow expression of joy, yes, yayAlternative forms
Kowa-Bunga, cowabonga, kawabonga, kowabonga, kowabunga.Etymology
{{unknown, en}}, but was popularized (as Kowa-Bunga) by Chief Thunderthud on the American children's show {{w, Howdy Doody}} in the late 1940s or early 1950s, became associated with American {{w, surfing culture}}, and was revived and standardized in its current spelling by the American cartoon :w:teenage mutant ninja turtles (1987 tv series), teenage mutant ninja turtles in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (For further treatment, appendix:etymology/cowabunga, see here.)Is Cowabunga a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
NO
English International (SOWPODS)
NO
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
NO
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
22
The word Cowabunga is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends