BOMBAZINE is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. BOMBAZINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 28 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOMBAZINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOMBAZINE is to know. It scores 24 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOMBAZINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bombazinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOMBAZINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BOMBAZINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOMBAZINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOMBAZINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A twilled dress fabric of silk and worsted or cotton, once dyed black for mourning clothes.
Bombazine was a staple of Victorian mourning dress, valued for its dull, matte finish that did not reflect light. Novels of the period mention bombazine gowns on widows. The fabric has largely vanished from shops.
How BOMBAZINE is used
Bombazine is now mostly found in historical fiction and costume history.
- The widow wore black bombazine for a full year.
- Her bombazine dress rustled as she crossed the hall.
- Museums keep a few pieces of bombazine from the nineteenth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOMBAZINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOMBAZINE
1 longer words begin with BOMBAZINE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOMBAZINE
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Common questions about BOMBAZINE
- Is BOMBAZINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOMBAZINE, where it scores 28 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOMBAZINE worth?
- BOMBAZINE is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOMBAZINE mean?
- A twilled dress fabric of silk and worsted or cotton, once dyed black for mourning clothes.
- What letters can be added to BOMBAZINE?
- BOMBAZINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BOMBAZINE:
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