BOA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BOA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOA?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOA is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BOA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What stands out about BOA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large snake that kills by crushing.
Boa also names a long feather scarf, and that use came from the shape alone rather than from any resemblance to the animal. The Latin word is very old, and the Romans were not sure themselves what creature they meant by it.
How BOA is used
Countable: a boa, two boas.
- A boa kills by constriction and not by venom.
- She wore a feather boa and regretted the photographs.
- The boa constrictor is only one species of many.
- The word boa is Latin and its original sense is uncertain.
- Two boas in the same enclosure is a bad idea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOA
The 3 tiles of BOA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOA
Showing 24 of 101 words that begin with BOA.
Words ending in BOA
3 words end in BOA. Useful as a back hook: play BOA onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOA inside
Showing 24 of 526 words that contain BOA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOA
Common questions about BOA
- Is BOA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOA worth?
- BOA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOA mean?
- A large snake that kills by crushing.
- What letters can be added to BOA?
- BOA takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BOA:
Open BOA in the Word Finder