BONA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BONA 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BONA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONA
No single letter turns BONA into another word.
How BONA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BONA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does BONA mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
Goods or property, especially as named in Latin legal terms.
Bona is the Latin word for goods, kept in English mainly inside set legal phrases about property, such as those covering an estate left without an heir. It rarely stands alone outside such fixed legal wording.
How BONA is used
Legal; found chiefly in Latin phrases within English law rather than in plain speech.
- The court examined the bona of the missing heir.
- Under the old rule, unclaimed bona passed to the crown.
- The lawyer explained how the bona of the estate would be divided.
- Records listed every item counted among the bona.
- The clerk filed a claim over the disputed bona.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONA
14 longer words begin with BONA.
Words ending in BONA
2 words end in BONA. Useful as a back hook: play BONA onto a word already on the board.
Words with BONA inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain BONA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BONA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BONA
Common questions about BONA
- Is BONA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONA worth?
- BONA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONA mean?
- Goods or property, especially as named in Latin legal terms.
- What letters can be added to BONA?
- No single letter can be added to BONA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BONA:
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