BOCCE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BOCCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOCCE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOCCE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOCCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boccesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOCCE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOCCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does BOCCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An Italian lawn bowling game in which players roll balls to land as close as possible to a smaller target ball.
Bocce is played on a long, narrow court, traditionally of packed dirt, where competitors try to place their balls nearer to the small target ball, called the pallino, than their opponents manage. The game is popular at Italian-American social clubs and backyard gatherings, and variants of it are played across Europe under related names.
How BOCCE is used
Common noun for the game itself; a bocce court and a bocce ball are typical compound uses.
- Neighbors gathered every summer evening to play bocce.
- The park built a new bocce court behind the clubhouse.
- He rolled the bocce ball gently to avoid overshooting the target.
- Her grandfather taught her the rules of bocce as a child.
- The tournament drew bocce players from across the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOCCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOCCE
1 longer words begin with BOCCE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOCCE
Common questions about BOCCE
- Is BOCCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOCCE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOCCE worth?
- BOCCE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOCCE mean?
- An Italian lawn bowling game in which players roll balls to land as close as possible to a smaller target ball.
- What letters can be added to BOCCE?
- BOCCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOCCE:
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