BOFFOLA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BOFFOLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOFFOLA?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOFFOLA is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOFFOLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boffolasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOFFOLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BOFFOLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,940 thousand.
What does BOFFOLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
A joke or line that gets a very big laugh from an audience.
Boffola comes from show-business talk, where a boffo act is a great success. The word names the laugh or the line that earns it.
How BOFFOLA is used
Boffola is informal showbiz vocabulary, found in comedy writing and theatre talk.
- The final gag was a real boffola that stopped the show.
- Every writer hopes to land a boffola in the opening scene.
- The audience roared at the boffola near the end.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOFFOLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOFFOLA
1 longer words begin with BOFFOLA.
Shorter words from the letters in BOFFOLA
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Common questions about BOFFOLA
- Is BOFFOLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOFFOLA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOFFOLA worth?
- BOFFOLA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOFFOLA mean?
- A joke or line that gets a very big laugh from an audience.
- What letters can be added to BOFFOLA?
- BOFFOLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BOFFOLA:
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