BOILERPLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BOILERPLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOILERPLATE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOILERPLATE is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOILERPLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOILERPLATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BOILERPLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOILERPLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOILERPLATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Standard wording that is reused unchanged in many contracts, documents or computer programs.
Lawyers and programmers value boilerplate because it saves them from drafting the same clauses again. In everyday talk the word can also hint that a piece of writing is predictable and unoriginal. It started life as the name of rolled steel plate used for making boilers.
How BOILERPLATE is used
Boilerplate is most often heard in legal, software and publishing contexts, sometimes with a dismissive tone.
- The contract was mostly boilerplate, with only the price and dates written specially.
- She skimmed the boilerplate at the bottom of the press release.
- Most of the report was boilerplate copied from last year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOILERPLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOILERPLATE
2 longer words begin with BOILERPLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOILERPLATE
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Common questions about BOILERPLATE
- Is BOILERPLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOILERPLATE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOILERPLATE worth?
- BOILERPLATE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOILERPLATE mean?
- Standard wording that is reused unchanged in many contracts, documents or computer programs.
- What letters can be added to BOILERPLATE?
- BOILERPLATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BOILERPLATE:
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