BOK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOK 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 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOK is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOK scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does BOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
South Africanzoology
A general South African English term for any small antelope or goat-like animal.
Bok appears on its own and also as the second part of many compound names such as springbok and bontebok. South African speakers use it loosely for any buck-sized antelope encountered in the veld.
How BOK is used
Common in South African English, especially in hunting and wildlife contexts; unfamiliar elsewhere.
- A lone bok grazed at the edge of the reserve at dawn.
- The farmer complained that a bok had been raiding his vegetable patch.
- Hunters tracked the bok across the dry riverbed.
- Children on the farm learned to spot a bok from a great distance.
- The guide pointed out a young bok hiding in the long grass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOK
The 3 tiles of BOK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOK
13 longer words begin with BOK.
Words ending in BOK
20 words end in BOK. Useful as a back hook: play BOK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOK inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain BOK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOK
Common questions about BOK
- Is BOK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOK is not in it.
- How many points is BOK worth?
- BOK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOK mean?
- A general South African English term for any small antelope or goat-like animal.
- What letters can be added to BOK?
- BOK takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BOK:
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