BONSAI is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BONSAI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONSAI?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONSAI is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONSAI
No single letter turns BONSAI into another word.
How BONSAI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BONSAI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does BONSAI mean in Scrabble?
noun
The Japanese art of growing and shaping miniature trees in shallow pots, or one of the small trees produced this way.
Bonsai works by carefully pruning the roots and branches of an ordinary tree species and confining it to a shallow container, which keeps the whole plant small while still letting it develop the gnarled, mature look of a full-sized tree. Growers train the trunk and branches over many years using wire and repeated trimming, aiming for a natural, weathered appearance rather than an obviously artificial shape. The practice originated in China before Japanese gardeners refined it into the tradition now known worldwide by its Japanese name, bonsai. A single bonsai can be tended and reshaped for decades, and some prized specimens are passed down through generations of the same family.
How BONSAI is used
Widely used in English exactly as in Japanese, for both the technique and the tree itself.
- He spent an hour each week trimming his favourite bonsai.
- The exhibition displayed dozens of bonsai trained into different shapes.
- Growing a bonsai from a seedling can take many patient years.
- She wound thin wire around the branches to shape the young bonsai.
- The bonsai on the windowsill was barely thirty centimetres tall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONSAI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BONSAI
The 6 tiles of BONSAI in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BONSAI
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Common questions about BONSAI
- Is BONSAI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONSAI, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONSAI worth?
- BONSAI is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONSAI mean?
- The Japanese art of growing and shaping miniature trees in shallow pots, or one of the small trees produced this way.
- What letters can be added to BONSAI?
- No single letter can be added to BONSAI to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BONSAI:
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