BOARISH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BOARISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOARISH?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOARISH is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOARISH
No single letter turns BOARISH into another word.
How BOARISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BOARISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does BOARISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Like a boar, especially in being coarse, brutal or swinish.
Boarish is used for rough, greedy or cruel behaviour, in the way a wild pig is imagined to act. It is a literary insult rather than a technical word about the animal itself.
How BOARISH is used
Used in descriptive or older writing for coarse and brutish people or manners.
- The innkeeper had a boarish temper and a loud voice.
- His boarish table manners shocked the guests.
- The novel described the baron as a boarish, sullen man.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOARISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOARISH
3 longer words begin with BOARISH.
Shorter words from the letters in BOARISH
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Common questions about BOARISH
- Is BOARISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOARISH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOARISH worth?
- BOARISH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOARISH mean?
- Like a boar, especially in being coarse, brutal or swinish.
- What letters can be added to BOARISH?
- No single letter can be added to BOARISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BOARISH:
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