BOATABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BOATABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOATABLE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOATABLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOATABLE
No single letter turns BOATABLE into another word.
How BOATABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BOATABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOATABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOATABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Deep and open enough for boats to travel on.
Boatable is used of rivers, creeks and lakes that a small craft can pass. A stream that is boatable in spring may become too shallow after a dry summer.
How BOATABLE is used
Boatable describes water, not a vessel.
- The creek is boatable only after heavy rain.
- Surveyors marked the boatable stretch of the river.
- Is the upper lake boatable this early in the year?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOATABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOATABLE
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Common questions about BOATABLE
- Is BOATABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOATABLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOATABLE worth?
- BOATABLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOATABLE mean?
- Deep and open enough for boats to travel on.
- What letters can be added to BOATABLE?
- No single letter can be added to BOATABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BOATABLE:
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