BOING is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOING 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 BOING?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOING is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOING scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does BOING mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A word imitating the sound of something springing, bouncing, or vibrating rapidly, especially a compressed spring.
Boing is written to represent the sound heard when a spring releases suddenly or an object bounces energetically off a surface, much like other sound words used in comics and cartoons. Writers reach for boing to add a playful, comic-book quality to a scene, often alongside other imitative words like bang or crash. Because it mimics a sound rather than naming a thing or action, boing is used almost entirely in informal, playful, or humorous writing.
How BOING is used
A playful sound word, common in comics, cartoons, and lighthearted writing rather than formal prose.
- Boing! went the spring as the toy popped out of the box.
- The cartoon character bounced across the screen with a loud boing.
- He imitated the boing of a trampoline for the children.
- The comic strip used boing to show the ball bouncing away.
- Every step on the old mattress made a soft boing sound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOING
The 5 tiles of BOING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOING
3 longer words begin with BOING.
Words ending in BOING
5 words end in BOING. Useful as a back hook: play BOING onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BOING
Common questions about BOING
- Is BOING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOING, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOING worth?
- BOING is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOING mean?
- A word imitating the sound of something springing, bouncing, or vibrating rapidly, especially a compressed spring.
- What letters can be added to BOING?
- BOING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOING:
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