BONY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONY
Front hooks — 1
ebonyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BONY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does BONY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having prominent bones; full of bones.
Bony is used about a person and about a fish, and the two carry opposite judgements: a bony person is thin and a bony fish is a nuisance to eat. The word itself carries no complaint either way.
How BONY is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative bonier.
- A bony fish is a nuisance and a bony person is thin.
- The word bony carries no judgement of its own.
- Bony elbows on a crowded train.
- More bony than the last one and harder to fillet.
- A bony structure holds the whole thing together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONY
2 longer words begin with BONY.
Words ending in BONY
3 words end in BONY. Useful as a back hook: play BONY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BONY inside
10 words contain BONY in the middle. Words that start with BONY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BONY
Common questions about BONY
- Is BONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONY worth?
- BONY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONY mean?
- Having prominent bones; full of bones.
- What letters can be added to BONY?
- BONY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BONY:
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