boonies

Noun

Boondocks.

General

n/pl a backwoods area

Origin / Etymology

Clipping of boondocks + -ies, as if a singular *boony (“remote place (singular)”). It was shortened as such by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:remote place

Scrabble Score: 9

boonies: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
boonies: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
boonies: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

boonies is a valid Words With Friends word