BOH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOH is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BOH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does BOH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
archaic
An exclamation shouted suddenly to startle or frighten someone.
Boh works much like the modern boo, a short sharp cry meant to make another person jump. Old writers used it to describe someone leaping out to give a fright.
How BOH is used
Archaic; encountered chiefly in older literature rather than modern speech, where boo has largely replaced it.
- He jumped from behind the door shouting boh at his sister.
- The old tale tells of a ghost that cries boh to frighten travellers.
- Boh! the boy yelled, delighted at making his friend jump.
- She would never say boh to a goose, the saying goes, meaning she was too timid.
- The clown leaned round the curtain and called out boh to the children.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOH
The 3 tiles of BOH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOH
13 longer words begin with BOH.
Words with BOH inside
11 words contain BOH in the middle. Words that start with BOH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOH
Common questions about BOH
- Is BOH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOH is not in it.
- How many points is BOH worth?
- BOH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOH mean?
- An exclamation shouted suddenly to startle or frighten someone.
- What letters can be added to BOH?
- BOH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BOH:
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