BOGUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOGUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOGUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOGUS is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOGUS
No single letter turns BOGUS into another word.
How BOGUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOGUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does BOGUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Not genuine or real; fake, fraudulent, or deliberately deceptive.
Something bogus is designed to look real while actually being a counterfeit or a deliberate deception, whether it is a bogus website, a bogus charity, or a bogus excuse. The word carries a note of disapproval, suggesting the fake item was created specifically to mislead or cheat someone. It began as American slang describing counterfeit coins before broadening to cover any kind of fraud or dishonest imitation.
How BOGUS is used
Informal but widely used, often about scams, fake documents, or dishonest excuses.
- Police shut down a bogus charity collecting donations online.
- The invoice turned out to be completely bogus.
- He gave a bogus excuse for missing the meeting.
- Investigators found the diploma to be bogus.
- The website sold bogus tickets to a concert that never happened.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOGUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOGUS
3 longer words begin with BOGUS.
Words ending in BOGUS
2 words end in BOGUS. Useful as a back hook: play BOGUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOGUS inside
2 words contain BOGUS in the middle. Words that start with BOGUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOGUS
Common questions about BOGUS
- Is BOGUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOGUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOGUS worth?
- BOGUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOGUS mean?
- Not genuine or real; fake, fraudulent, or deliberately deceptive.
- What letters can be added to BOGUS?
- No single letter can be added to BOGUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOGUS:
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