Definitions For Kablooie

Noun

KABLOOIE (uncountable) (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash. : The bottle of ketchup hit the floor and went kablooie all over everything.

Usage notes

Most frequently used in the phrase to go kablooie or it went kablooie.

Derived terms

blooey

Alternative forms

ka-blooey, ka-blooie kablooey kerblooie, kerplooie

Etymology

ka-, an intensifier used with onomatopoeia, plus (probably) an imaginative rendition of an explosion or splash.

Is Kablooie a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
16

The word Kablooie is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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