BONGO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BONGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONGO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONGO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONGO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bongosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BONGO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BONGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 74,690.
What does BONGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
One of a pair of small drums, joined together and played with the hands, or a large striped antelope native to the forests of central Africa.
Bongo drums are usually held between the knees or set on a stand and struck with the fingers and palms, producing a bright, high-pitched tone popular in Latin American and Afro-Caribbean music. A separate and unrelated meaning names the bongo, a shy, reddish-brown forest antelope of central Africa marked with narrow white stripes. The two senses share only the name, one belonging to music and percussion, the other to African wildlife.
How BONGO is used
Common as a musical term for the hand drum, with a separate, less common zoological meaning for the antelope.
- The musician tapped out a quick rhythm on the bongo.
- She learned to play bongo drums as a teenager.
- Wildlife photographers rarely capture the elusive forest bongo.
- The band added a bongo solo halfway through the song.
- Conservationists work to protect the bongo from habitat loss.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONGO
4 longer words begin with BONGO.
Shorter words from the letters in BONGO
Common questions about BONGO
- Is BONGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONGO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONGO worth?
- BONGO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONGO mean?
- One of a pair of small drums, joined together and played with the hands, or a large striped antelope native to the forests of central Africa.
- What letters can be added to BONGO?
- BONGO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BONGO:
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