Gubbins

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

An informal British term for a small gadget, unspecified items, or miscellaneous odds and ends whose name is unknown or forgotten.

“What is all this gubbins doing on the kitchen worktop?.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

gub·bins

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Synonyms

doodaddoohickeydoojiggergimmick gizmo gismothingamabobthingumabob

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Wordle

Contains double B and ends in INS, and the GUBB cluster is very unusual and distinctive in Wordle

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Scrabble

GUBBINS uses double B and scores moderately, a British English colloquialism that is valid in standard Scrabble dictionaries

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dubbins

Words you can make from Gubbins

Shorter words formed from the letters in “gubbins”.

busing bungs gibus suing using bibs bing bins bubs bugi bugs buns gibs gins gnus guib guns isbn nibs nubs sign sing snub snug

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