BOBAK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOBAK 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOBAK?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOBAK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOBAK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bobaksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOBAK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOBAK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does BOBAK mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large steppe-dwelling marmot found across parts of eastern Europe and central Asia, also spelled bobac.
The bobak is a burrowing rodent related to the groundhog, living in colonies on open grassland from Poland and Ukraine eastward into Kazakhstan and Mongolia. It digs extensive burrow systems, feeds on grasses and herbs, and hibernates through the cold steppe winter. Naturalists sometimes spell the animal bobac instead of bobak, but both forms name the same species.
How BOBAK is used
A zoological name, used mainly in descriptions of steppe wildlife rather than everyday speech.
- A bobak sat upright at the mouth of its burrow, watching for danger.
- The steppe supported large colonies of bobak before farming spread across it.
- Researchers tracked the bobak population through several breeding seasons.
- Like its relatives, the bobak hibernates through the harsh winter months.
- Local hunters once trapped the bobak for its fur and fat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOBAK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOBAK
The 5 tiles of BOBAK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOBAK
1 longer words begin with BOBAK.
Shorter words from the letters in BOBAK
Common questions about BOBAK
- Is BOBAK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOBAK is not in it.
- How many points is BOBAK worth?
- BOBAK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOBAK mean?
- A large steppe-dwelling marmot found across parts of eastern Europe and central Asia, also spelled bobac.
- What letters can be added to BOBAK?
- BOBAK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOBAK:
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