BOBA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOBA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BOBA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOBA is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOBA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOBA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does BOBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Chewy tapioca balls in a sweet milk tea, or the drink itself.
Boba started in Taiwan in the 1980s and reached the rest of the world through shopfronts rather than through cookery books. The wide straw is part of the design, since it has to carry one with every mouthful, and the argument over whether the word names the pearls or the whole cup has never been settled.
How BOBA is used
Uncountable: a cup of boba. Widely known as bubble tea outside Asia.
- The queue for boba goes round the corner on a Saturday.
- A cup of boba is a drink and a small meal at once.
- She orders boba with half the sugar and no ice.
- The straw for boba is twice the width of an ordinary one.
- Boba shops opened in that street at the rate of one a month.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOBA
The 4 tiles of BOBA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOBA
5 longer words begin with BOBA.
Shorter words from the letters in BOBA
Common questions about BOBA
- Is BOBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOBA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOBA worth?
- BOBA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOBA mean?
- Chewy tapioca balls in a sweet milk tea, or the drink itself.
- What letters can be added to BOBA?
- BOBA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOBA:
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