BOGYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BOGYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOGYMAN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOGYMAN is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOGYMAN
No single letter turns BOGYMAN into another word.
How BOGYMAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BOGYMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does BOGYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An imaginary evil being used to frighten children, or a person or thing widely feared.
Parents have long invoked the bogyman to keep children in bed. Politicians and journalists sometimes turn an enemy into a bogyman to stir up fear.
How BOGYMAN is used
Bogyman is used both for the nursery monster and, figuratively, for a convenient object of fear.
- The child was sure a bogyman lived under the stairs.
- Critics made the new tax into a bogyman.
- He is no bogyman, just a quiet neighbour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOGYMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOGYMAN
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Common questions about BOGYMAN
- Is BOGYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOGYMAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOGYMAN worth?
- BOGYMAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOGYMAN mean?
- An imaginary evil being used to frighten children, or a person or thing widely feared.
- What letters can be added to BOGYMAN?
- No single letter can be added to BOGYMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BOGYMAN:
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