BOART is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BOART is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOART?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOART is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOART
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boartsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOART scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOART, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about BOART
- The same 5 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 BOART mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Small, opaque, granular fragments of low-grade diamond, unsuitable for use as gems and used instead as an industrial abrasive in cutting and grinding tools.
Unlike the clear, flawless stones prized in jewelry, boart is cloudy, cracked, or badly formed diamond material that has no value as a gem but is just as hard as any other diamond. Its extreme hardness makes it ideal for coating drill bits, saw blades, and grinding wheels used to cut rock, glass, and other very hard materials. The word is more commonly spelled bort in modern mining and industrial writing, with boart surviving as an older or alternative spelling of the same material.
How BOART is used
A specialist mining and industrial term, encountered mainly in writing about diamond mining and abrasive manufacturing.
- The drill bit was tipped with boart rather than gem-quality diamond.
- Miners sorted the gem stones from the boart before shipping the ore.
- Boart is far cheaper than jewelry diamond because it cannot be cut as a gem.
- The factory used boart to manufacture industrial grinding wheels.
- Old mining reports still spell the material boart instead of bort.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOART and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOART
The 5 tiles of BOART in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOART
1 longer words begin with BOART.
Shorter words from the letters in BOART
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Common questions about BOART
- Is BOART valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOART, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOART worth?
- BOART is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOART mean?
- Small, opaque, granular fragments of low-grade diamond, unsuitable for use as gems and used instead as an industrial abrasive in cutting and grinding tools.
- What letters can be added to BOART?
- BOART takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOART:
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