BOMBORA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BOMBORA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOMBORA?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOMBORA is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOMBORA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bomborasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOMBORA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BOMBORA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,294 thousand.
What does BOMBORA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A submerged reef or rock offshore, or the wave that breaks over it.
The word comes from an Aboriginal Australian language and is used by surfers and sailors. A bombora can produce heavy breaking water far from the shore, so it is both a prize and a hazard. Charts mark each bombora to warn boats.
How BOMBORA is used
Australian usage in surfing and boating, where a bombora is a reef break far out.
- The surfers paddled out to ride the bombora off the point.
- A bombora broke white on the horizon.
- The skipper steered clear of the bombora on the chart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOMBORA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOMBORA
1 longer words begin with BOMBORA.
Shorter words from the letters in BOMBORA
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Common questions about BOMBORA
- Is BOMBORA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOMBORA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOMBORA worth?
- BOMBORA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOMBORA mean?
- A submerged reef or rock offshore, or the wave that breaks over it.
- What letters can be added to BOMBORA?
- BOMBORA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BOMBORA:
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