BONTEBOK is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BONTEBOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONTEBOK?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONTEBOK is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONTEBOK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bonteboksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BONTEBOK scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BONTEBOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BONTEBOK has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BONTEBOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A South African antelope with a deep reddish-brown coat and a white blaze on the face.
The bontebok was once close to extinction, and reserves in the Cape helped it recover. It is closely related to the blesbok, but its white rump patch sets it apart.
How BONTEBOK is used
Bontebok appears in wildlife writing about southern Africa.
- A small herd of bontebok grazed on the coastal plain.
- The park was founded to protect the bontebok.
- You can tell a bontebok from a blesbok by its white tail and rump.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONTEBOK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONTEBOK
1 longer words begin with BONTEBOK.
Shorter words from the letters in BONTEBOK
Showing 40 of 89. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about BONTEBOK
- Is BONTEBOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONTEBOK, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONTEBOK worth?
- BONTEBOK is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONTEBOK mean?
- A South African antelope with a deep reddish-brown coat and a white blaze on the face.
- What letters can be added to BONTEBOK?
- BONTEBOK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BONTEBOK:
Open BONTEBOK in the Word Finder