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   Bof·fin

   /ˈbäfən/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person engaged in scientific or technical research: informal British "a computer boffin"
   • ▪ a person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex, arcane, and difficult: informal British "he had a reputation as a tax boffin, a learned lawyer"

   Word Origin Second World War: of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. boffiny adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • B

     3

   • O

     1

   • F

     4

   • F

     4

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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