BOET is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOET 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOET?
| 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 BOET is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOET scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does BOET mean in Scrabble?
noun
South Africaninformal
A brother, or an informal, friendly way of addressing a male friend.
South African speakers use boet, from the Afrikaans word for brother, both for an actual sibling and, much more often, as a warm, casual term for a close male friend, similar to the way "mate" or "bro" is used elsewhere. It carries an easy-going, friendly tone rather than a formal one.
How BOET is used
Informal; heard in South African English rather than elsewhere.
- Thanks for the lift, boet.
- He greeted his old boet with a big hug.
- Come on, boet, we are going to be late.
- She introduced him simply as her boet from Durban.
- The boys called each other boet since school days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOET
The 4 tiles of BOET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOET
1 longer words begin with BOET.
Shorter words from the letters in BOET
Common questions about BOET
- Is BOET valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOET is not in it.
- How many points is BOET worth?
- BOET is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOET mean?
- A brother, or an informal, friendly way of addressing a male friend.
- What letters can be added to BOET?
- BOET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOET:
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