BOLUS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BOLUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOLUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOLUS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOLUS
Front hooks — 1
obolusBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BOLUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOLUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 73,523.
What does BOLUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A soft, rounded mass, especially of chewed food ready to be swallowed, or a single, larger-than-usual dose of a drug given all at once.
When food is chewed and mixed with saliva, it forms a bolus before it is swallowed and pushed down the esophagus toward the stomach, a term used in both everyday physiology and speech therapy. In medicine, a bolus also means a concentrated dose of medication or fluid delivered quickly into the bloodstream, as opposed to a slow, steady drip. The word is borrowed from Latin, where it originally meant a lump or a large pill, a sense veterinary medicine still keeps in the large boluses given to livestock.
How BOLUS is used
A technical term used mainly in medicine, physiology, and speech therapy rather than in everyday conversation.
- A speech therapist watches how a patient forms a bolus before swallowing.
- The nurse administered a bolus of insulin before the meal.
- The vet gave the cow a large bolus of medication by mouth.
- Poor chewing can leave a bolus too large to swallow safely.
- Doctors sometimes deliver an intravenous bolus for rapid effect.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOLUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOLUS
The 5 tiles of BOLUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOLUS
1 longer words begin with BOLUS.
Words ending in BOLUS
4 words end in BOLUS. Useful as a back hook: play BOLUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOLUS inside
2 words contain BOLUS in the middle. Words that start with BOLUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOLUS
Common questions about BOLUS
- Is BOLUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOLUS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOLUS worth?
- BOLUS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOLUS mean?
- A soft, rounded mass, especially of chewed food ready to be swallowed, or a single, larger-than-usual dose of a drug given all at once.
- What letters can be added to BOLUS?
- BOLUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOLUS:
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