BOFFIN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BOFFIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOFFIN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOFFIN is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOFFIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOFFIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOFFIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does BOFFIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
A person with deep scientific or technical expertise, especially one doing research.
Boffin became widespread in Britain during the Second World War, when scientists working on radar and other secret projects were given the nickname. The tone is friendly and slightly teasing, picturing a clever person absorbed in complicated work. Newspapers still use the word for researchers whose results the public finds surprising.
How BOFFIN is used
British informal; usually humorous or affectionate rather than formal.
- A boffin at the university built the device in his spare time.
- The newspaper quoted a boffin who had studied the tides for decades.
- Every team needs one boffin who understands the wiring.
- She grew up wanting to be a boffin in a laboratory full of strange machines.
- The government hired a boffin to sort out the problem with the signals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOFFIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOFFIN
5 longer words begin with BOFFIN.
Shorter words from the letters in BOFFIN
Common questions about BOFFIN
- Is BOFFIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOFFIN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOFFIN worth?
- BOFFIN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOFFIN mean?
- A person with deep scientific or technical expertise, especially one doing research.
- What letters can be added to BOFFIN?
- BOFFIN takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOFFIN:
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