BOATFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BOATFUL 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 BOATFUL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOATFUL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOATFUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boatfulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOATFUL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BOATFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does BOATFUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
As much as a boat can hold, or a boat filled with people or goods.
Boatful is a measure word like cupful or bucketful, naming the load that fills a vessel. It often appears in lively descriptions of arrivals, such as a boatful of tourists landing on a quiet island.
How BOATFUL is used
Used for the amount a boat holds, followed by of and the thing carried.
- A boatful of tourists arrived at the small island.
- The fisherman brought home a boatful of silver fish.
- Each boatful of refugees was met by volunteers on the shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOATFUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOATFUL
1 longer words begin with BOATFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in BOATFUL
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Common questions about BOATFUL
- Is BOATFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOATFUL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOATFUL worth?
- BOATFUL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOATFUL mean?
- As much as a boat can hold, or a boat filled with people or goods.
- What letters can be added to BOATFUL?
- BOATFUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BOATFUL:
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