BOGBEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BOGBEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOGBEAN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOGBEAN is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOGBEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bogbeansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOGBEAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BOGBEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does BOGBEAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A marsh plant with three-lobed leaves and spikes of white or pinkish flowers.
Bogbean grows in shallow water and wet peat, spreading with creeping stems that root along the margin. Its leaves taste bitter, and herbal medicine once used them as a tonic.
How BOGBEAN is used
Used by botanists and gardeners for a plant of bogs and pond edges.
- Pink and white bogbean flowers dotted the edge of the pond.
- The bogbean spread slowly across the wet meadow.
- Herbalists once brewed bogbean leaves into a bitter tonic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOGBEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOGBEAN
1 longer words begin with BOGBEAN.
Shorter words from the letters in BOGBEAN
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Common questions about BOGBEAN
- Is BOGBEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOGBEAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOGBEAN worth?
- BOGBEAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOGBEAN mean?
- A marsh plant with three-lobed leaves and spikes of white or pinkish flowers.
- What letters can be added to BOGBEAN?
- BOGBEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BOGBEAN:
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