Is BOLES valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOLES, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is BOLES worth?

BOLES is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BOLES?

BOLES takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

BOLES is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points

Yes. BOLES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.

b3o1l1e1s1

PlayableBOLES · 5 letters · 7 pts Scrabble · 9 pts WWF

7points in Scrabble

9points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 24,508odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BOLES?

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: 30 / 100

30WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.4

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful BOLES is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BOLES

Front hooks — 1

oboles8

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How BOLES scores

Scrabble b3o1l1e1s1 7

Words with Friends b4o1l2e1s1 9

Face value of the 5 tiles in BOLES, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	1	2
o	1	8
l	1	4
e	1	12
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.

Anagrams of BOLES

lobes7

The 5 tiles of BOLES in a different order — 1 found.

Words ending in BOLES

oboles8 ecboles11 soboles9 symboles15 hypoboles19 paraboles13 amphiboles19 caramboles16 hyperboles20 rocamboles16 antimetaboles17

11 words end in BOLES. Useful as a back hook: play BOLES onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in BOLES

bels6 bole6 lobe6 lobs6 obes6 sleb6 slob6 lose4 oles4 sloe4 sole4 bel5 bes5 bos5 lob5 obe5 obs5 sob5 els3 los3 oes3 ole3 ose3 sel3 sol3 be4 bo4 ob4 el2 es2 lo2 oe2 os2 so2

Common questions about BOLES

Is BOLES valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOLES, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is BOLES worth?: BOLES is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to BOLES?: BOLES takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOLES:

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