BIOSCOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIOSCOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIOSCOPE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIOSCOPE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIOSCOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bioscopesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIOSCOPE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIOSCOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIOSCOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BIOSCOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalSouth African
An early type of film projector, or in South African English a cinema.
At the start of the twentieth century a bioscope projected moving pictures in fairground tents and music halls. In South Africa the word stayed in use as a plain name for the picture house.
How BIOSCOPE is used
Historical in most places; living usage in South Africa.
- The travelling showman set up his bioscope in the market.
- They spent Saturday afternoon at the local bioscope.
- An early bioscope used a hand-cranked mechanism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIOSCOPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIOSCOPE
1 longer words begin with BIOSCOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in BIOSCOPE
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Common questions about BIOSCOPE
- Is BIOSCOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIOSCOPE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIOSCOPE worth?
- BIOSCOPE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIOSCOPE mean?
- An early type of film projector, or in South African English a cinema.
- What letters can be added to BIOSCOPE?
- BIOSCOPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIOSCOPE:
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