BINOCS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BINOCS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BINOCS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BINOCS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BINOCS
No single letter turns BINOCS into another word.
How BINOCS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BINOCS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does BINOCS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A pair of binoculars, in casual speech.
Binocs is a clipped form of binoculars, the hand-held optical instrument with a lens for each eye. It appears in relaxed talk among birdwatchers, hikers and sports fans, and in shop labels where space is short. The word has no singular, since the instrument is always spoken of as a pair.
How BINOCS is used
Informal clipping; the full word binoculars is used in careful writing.
- Pass me the binocs, there is something on the ridge.
- She packed her binocs and a flask for the marsh walk.
- The binocs fogged up as soon as we left the hut.
- He lent the binocs to the boy in the next seat.
- Good binocs make a distant hawk look close enough to touch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BINOCS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BINOCS
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Common questions about BINOCS
- Is BINOCS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BINOCS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BINOCS worth?
- BINOCS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BINOCS mean?
- A pair of binoculars, in casual speech.
- What letters can be added to BINOCS?
- No single letter can be added to BINOCS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BINOCS:
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