BOISERIE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BOISERIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOISERIE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOISERIE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOISERIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boiseriesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOISERIE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BOISERIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOISERIE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOISERIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Carved or decorated wooden panelling used to cover the walls of a room, especially in French style.
The term turns up in writing about period interiors and antiques, where a salon may be famed for its gilded boiserie. Auction houses sometimes sell boiserie as a salvaged architectural feature.
How BOISERIE is used
A borrowed French word found in decorating and architectural writing.
- The château salon was lined with pale grey boiserie edged in gold.
- Buyers at the sale were eager to bid on the eighteenth-century boiserie.
- Restorers spent a year repairing the damaged boiserie in the dining room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOISERIE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOISERIE
1 longer words begin with BOISERIE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOISERIE
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Common questions about BOISERIE
- Is BOISERIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOISERIE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOISERIE worth?
- BOISERIE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOISERIE mean?
- Carved or decorated wooden panelling used to cover the walls of a room, especially in French style.
- What letters can be added to BOISERIE?
- BOISERIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BOISERIE:
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