BOHEMIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BOHEMIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOHEMIAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOHEMIAN is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOHEMIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bohemiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOHEMIAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BOHEMIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOHEMIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BOHEMIAN
- All 8 letters of BOHEMIAN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOHEMIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person, often an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional, free-spirited life; also a native of Bohemia.
The bohemian lifestyle came to mean a rejection of money and convention in favour of creative freedom. The older meaning, a person from the Czech region of Bohemia, is still found in history books. It also works as an adjective.
How BOHEMIAN is used
Used for artistic, nonconformist people, and in history for the people of Bohemia.
- She was a bohemian who painted all night and slept all day.
- The cafe was full of poets and bohemian types.
- In the sixteenth century a bohemian could simply mean a subject of the Bohemian crown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOHEMIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOHEMIAN
3 longer words begin with BOHEMIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in BOHEMIAN
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Common questions about BOHEMIAN
- Is BOHEMIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOHEMIAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOHEMIAN worth?
- BOHEMIAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOHEMIAN mean?
- A person, often an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional, free-spirited life; also a native of Bohemia.
- What letters can be added to BOHEMIAN?
- BOHEMIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BOHEMIAN:
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