BOEUF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BOEUF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOEUF?
| 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 BOEUF is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOEUF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boeufsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOEUF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOEUF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about BOEUF
- BOEUF runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOEUF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A French culinary term for beef, appearing almost always as part of an adopted dish title such as boeuf bourguignon.
French dish titles carried straight into English keep boeuf untranslated because the phrase names a specific, well-known preparation, not just an ingredient swapped for a cooking method. Boeuf bourguignon braises chunks of meat for hours in red wine with mushrooms and pearl onions until the sauce turns dark and glossy, while boeuf en croute wraps a fillet in pastry and bakes it whole. Menus and recipe writers keep the original spelling for the same reason a chef keeps "creme brulee" or "coq au vin" unchanged, because translating breaks the recognisable name of the dish. The word itself simply descends from the same Latin root as the English "beef", bos, an ox.
How BOEUF is used
Seen mainly on restaurant menus and in recipes, almost always inside a longer French dish name rather than standing alone.
- The bistro's special was boeuf bourguignon with mashed potatoes.
- She ordered the boeuf en croute for her birthday dinner.
- The menu listed boeuf braise alongside two fish dishes.
- He translated boeuf as beef for the English-speaking guests.
- The recipe card still used the French word boeuf in its title.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOEUF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOEUF
1 longer words begin with BOEUF.
Shorter words from the letters in BOEUF
Common questions about BOEUF
- Is BOEUF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOEUF, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOEUF worth?
- BOEUF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOEUF mean?
- A French culinary term for beef, appearing almost always as part of an adopted dish title such as boeuf bourguignon.
- What letters can be added to BOEUF?
- BOEUF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOEUF:
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