BOMA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOMA 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 8 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BOMA?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOMA is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOMA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does BOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
An enclosure for livestock, in East Africa.
Boma came into English from Swahili and covers both a thorn fence around cattle and, in colonial usage, a fortified government post. The livestock sense is the older one.
How BOMA is used
Countable: a boma, two bomas.
- A boma of thorn keeps predators out at night.
- The word boma came into English from Swahili.
- Two bomas at opposite ends of the valley.
- Colonial usage gave boma a second sense.
- The livestock sense of boma is the older.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOMA
The 4 tiles of BOMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOMA
1 longer words begin with BOMA.
Words ending in BOMA
2 words end in BOMA. Useful as a back hook: play BOMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOMA inside
10 words contain BOMA in the middle. Words that start with BOMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOMA
Common questions about BOMA
- Is BOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOMA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOMA worth?
- BOMA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOMA mean?
- An enclosure for livestock, in East Africa.
- What letters can be added to BOMA?
- BOMA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOMA:
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