BOCCA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOCCA 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOCCA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOCCA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOCCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boccasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOCCA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOCCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What stands out about BOCCA
- 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 BOCCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A bocca is a mouth-like opening, especially the vent of a volcano or the furnace opening of a glassworks.
Borrowed from the Italian word for mouth, bocca is used in English mainly by geologists describing the opening of a volcano and by glassmakers naming the hole in a furnace through which molten glass is drawn out. In both cases the sense is the same: an opening shaped or acting like a mouth. Writers on Italian volcanoes such as Etna often use the word untranslated.
How BOCCA is used
Technical, appearing in geology and glassmaking texts rather than in general conversation.
- Lava poured steadily from the bocca near the summit.
- The glassblower checked the temperature at the bocca before dipping his rod.
- A new bocca opened on the flank of the mountain overnight.
- Ash drifted from the bocca for three days after the eruption began.
- Workers fed raw sand into the furnace beside the bocca.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOCCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOCCA
The 5 tiles of BOCCA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOCCA
1 longer words begin with BOCCA.
Words ending in BOCCA
1 words end in BOCCA. Useful as a back hook: play BOCCA onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOCCA inside
1 words contain BOCCA in the middle. Words that start with BOCCA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOCCA
Common questions about BOCCA
- Is BOCCA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOCCA is not in it.
- How many points is BOCCA worth?
- BOCCA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOCCA mean?
- A bocca is a mouth-like opening, especially the vent of a volcano or the furnace opening of a glassworks.
- What letters can be added to BOCCA?
- BOCCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOCCA:
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