BONEY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BONEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONEY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONEY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONEY
No single letter turns BONEY into another word.
How BONEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BONEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does BONEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having bones that show through or stand out prominently; very thin.
Boney is simply an alternative spelling of the more common "bony", both describing a body, hand, or face where the underlying bone shape is easy to see because little flesh covers it. Writers reach for boney to suggest either thinness, as with a boney wrist, or a hard, angular quality, as with a boney handshake that feels uncomfortable. The same spelling also turns up as an old nickname built the same way English adds -y to short names, though that use has nothing to do with the adjective's meaning of thinness.
How BONEY is used
An accepted variant spelling of "bony"; both forms appear in everyday descriptions of thin or angular bodies.
- His boney fingers gripped the railing tightly.
- The old horse looked boney after the hard winter.
- She noticed his boney shoulders under the thin shirt.
- A boney hand reached out from beneath the blanket.
- The stray cat was boney but still quick on its feet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BONEY
The 5 tiles of BONEY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BONEY
4 longer words begin with BONEY.
Shorter words from the letters in BONEY
Common questions about BONEY
- Is BONEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONEY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONEY worth?
- BONEY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONEY mean?
- Having bones that show through or stand out prominently; very thin.
- What letters can be added to BONEY?
- No single letter can be added to BONEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BONEY:
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