Dayboy
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A male pupil who attends a boarding school during the day but lives at home rather than residing in the school dormitories.
“As a dayboy, he avoided the strict dormitory curfews that the boarders had to observe.”
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Contains A, O, and Y as vowels and semivowel, the uncommon Y ending helps distinguish it.
Scrabble
The Y scores 4 points and B scores 3 points, a niche word but valid in most standard dictionaries.
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