BOCK is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BOCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOCK?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOCK is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOCK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bocksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOCK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What does BOCK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A strong dark German beer.
Bock is short for Einbeck, the town it came from, misheard by Bavarian drinkers as their own word for a goat. That is why a goat appears on the label, on a misunderstanding four hundred years old.
How BOCK is used
Uncountable and countable.
- A bock is stronger than an ordinary lager.
- The word bock is short for the town of Einbeck.
- A goat on a bock label comes from a mishearing.
- Two glasses of bock is enough for most people.
- Bavarian drinkers heard bock as their word for a goat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOCK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOCK
4 longer words begin with BOCK.
Words ending in BOCK
2 words end in BOCK. Useful as a back hook: play BOCK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOCK inside
4 words contain BOCK in the middle. Words that start with BOCK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOCK
Common questions about BOCK
- Is BOCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOCK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOCK worth?
- BOCK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOCK mean?
- A strong dark German beer.
- What letters can be added to BOCK?
- BOCK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOCK:
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