BOMBAX is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BOMBAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOMBAX?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOMBAX is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOMBAX
No single letter turns BOMBAX into another word.
How BOMBAX scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOMBAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.
What does BOMBAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical tree of the genus Bombax, known for its large flowers and the silky fibre around its seeds.
The name belongs to botany more than to everyday speech, and it points to a whole genus rather than to one species. A bombax is often found in the warm regions of the Americas, Asia and Africa. Its cottony seed fibre is what gives the silk-cotton tree its popular name.
How BOMBAX is used
Used in botanical and gardening texts about tropical trees.
- The botanist measured the trunk of a huge bombax near the river.
- A bombax in full bloom is covered with large red flowers.
- Fluffy fibre drifted from the seed pods of the bombax.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOMBAX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOMBAX
1 longer words begin with BOMBAX.
Shorter words from the letters in BOMBAX
Common questions about BOMBAX
- Is BOMBAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOMBAX, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOMBAX worth?
- BOMBAX is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOMBAX mean?
- A tropical tree of the genus Bombax, known for its large flowers and the silky fibre around its seeds.
- What letters can be added to BOMBAX?
- No single letter can be added to BOMBAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOMBAX:
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