BOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOLE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOLE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What does BOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The trunk of a tree.
Bole is an older, more literary word for the solid main stem of a tree, the part left once the branches and leaves are set aside in description. Writers use bole where a plainer text would simply say trunk, often to give a passage a more formal or poetic tone.
How BOLE is used
Literary; met mostly in descriptive nature writing rather than everyday speech.
- Moss covered the whole bole of the old oak.
- He leaned his axe against the bole and rested.
- The bole of the pine was scarred by an old fire.
- Sunlight fell in bars across the pale bole of the birch.
- A woodpecker worked its way up the rough bole.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOLE
The 4 tiles of BOLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOLE
10 longer words begin with BOLE.
Words ending in BOLE
11 words end in BOLE. Useful as a back hook: play BOLE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOLE inside
18 words contain BOLE in the middle. Words that start with BOLE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOLE
Common questions about BOLE
- Is BOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOLE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOLE worth?
- BOLE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOLE mean?
- The trunk of a tree.
- What letters can be added to BOLE?
- BOLE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOLE:
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