BO is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. BO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BO is to know. It scores 4 from 2 tiles, takes 18 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BO
Front hooks — 1
oboChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BO scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in BO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 309.
What stands out about BO
- BO is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A friend or fellow, used as a casual term of address.
How BO is used
- Take it easy, bo, the train is not leaving yet.
- The old dockers still called each other bo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BO and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see BO
- BO has meant body odour since a soap advertisement of the 1930s made the two letters unmentionable in polite company.
- A bo staff is the long wooden stick of Japanese martial arts, and English uses the word without translating it.
Anagrams of BO
The 2 tiles of BO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BO
Showing 24 of more than 2000 words that begin with BO.
Words ending in BO
Showing 24 of 66 words that end in BO. Useful as a back hook: play BO onto a word already on the board.
Words with BO inside
Showing 24 of 3755 words that contain BO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about BO
- Is BO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BO worth?
- BO is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BO mean?
- A friend or fellow, used as a casual term of address.
- What letters can be added to BO?
- BO takes 18 hooks: 1 in front and 17 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of BO:
Open BO in the Word Finder