BOGGLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BOGGLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOGGLE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOGGLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOGGLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOGGLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOGGLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does BOGGLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To be startled, baffled or overwhelmed when trying to take something in, or to hesitate and shy away from it.
The verb is almost always met in the phrase the mind boggles, used when a number, a plan or a story is too large or too odd to picture. It can also describe someone who balks at a task. As a noun, Boggle is also the name of a popular word game played with lettered dice, which is how many Scrabble players know it.
How BOGGLE is used
Mostly figurative and a little humorous; the mind boggles is a fixed phrase.
- The mind will boggle at the cost of the whole project.
- Did you boggle when you first saw the size of the bill?
- It does not boggle me that the old clock still runs.
- Some people boggle at the idea of eating raw fish.
- The sheer number of stars can boggle even a seasoned astronomer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOGGLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOGGLE
4 longer words begin with BOGGLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOGGLE
Common questions about BOGGLE
- Is BOGGLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOGGLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOGGLE worth?
- BOGGLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOGGLE mean?
- To be startled, baffled or overwhelmed when trying to take something in, or to hesitate and shy away from it.
- What letters can be added to BOGGLE?
- BOGGLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOGGLE:
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