BONIE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. BONIE 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BONIE?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONIE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bonierChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BONIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BONIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does BONIE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsliterary
A Scots spelling of bonny, meaning pretty or attractive.
Bonie is best known from the poems and songs of Robert Burns, who used it to describe a pretty face, a fine landscape, or a fair sweetheart. It is simply a Scots variant spelling of the more widely used word bonny.
How BONIE is used
Literary Scots spelling, most familiar from Burns's poetry.
- Burns wrote of his bonie lass by the riverside.
- The bonie cottage stood at the edge of the glen.
- She was called the bonie of the whole parish.
- A bonie ribbon tied back her hair.
- The song praises a bonie lad marching to war.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONIE
2 longer words begin with BONIE.
Words with BONIE inside
5 words contain BONIE in the middle. Words that start with BONIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BONIE
Common questions about BONIE
- Is BONIE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BONIE is not in it.
- How many points is BONIE worth?
- BONIE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONIE mean?
- A Scots spelling of bonny, meaning pretty or attractive.
- What letters can be added to BONIE?
- BONIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BONIE:
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