BOKEH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BOKEH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOKEH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOKEH is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOKEH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bokehsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOKEH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOKEH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does BOKEH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The aesthetic quality of the blurred, out-of-focus areas produced by a camera lens, especially the way points of light appear as soft circles.
A photograph with pleasing bokeh shows background lights or highlights rendered as soft, rounded blurs rather than harsh, distracting shapes. Photographers judge lenses partly by how smooth and pleasant this blur looks, since the same optical blur can appear jittery or creamy depending on the lens design. The word was borrowed from Japanese in the 1990s specifically because English photography terms had no precise equivalent for the quality of the blur itself, as opposed to its amount.
How BOKEH is used
A technical term used mainly among photographers discussing lenses and image quality.
- The portrait had a creamy bokeh behind the subject.
- Photographers chose the lens for its smooth bokeh.
- City lights turned into soft circles of bokeh.
- The review praised the pleasing bokeh from the camera.
- Harsh bokeh made the background look busy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOKEH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOKEH
1 longer words begin with BOKEH.
Shorter words from the letters in BOKEH
Common questions about BOKEH
- Is BOKEH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOKEH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOKEH worth?
- BOKEH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOKEH mean?
- The aesthetic quality of the blurred, out-of-focus areas produced by a camera lens, especially the way points of light appear as soft circles.
- What letters can be added to BOKEH?
- BOKEH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOKEH:
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