BONZE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BONZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONZE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONZE is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BONZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BONZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does BONZE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A Buddhist monk or priest, especially in Japan or China.
Bonze entered English through French and Portuguese travellers' accounts of East Asia, where it named a Buddhist religious teacher living in a temple. The term is now mostly found in older travel writing and historical description rather than everyday speech.
How BONZE is used
Found mainly in older travel writing and historical or religious description.
- The old bonze led the visitors through the temple courtyard.
- A young bonze swept the steps before the morning ceremony.
- Travellers described the bonze chanting sutras at dawn.
- The novel follows a bonze who leaves his monastery.
- Pilgrims brought offerings of rice to the bonze.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONZE
2 longer words begin with BONZE.
Shorter words from the letters in BONZE
Common questions about BONZE
- Is BONZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONZE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONZE worth?
- BONZE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONZE mean?
- A Buddhist monk or priest, especially in Japan or China.
- What letters can be added to BONZE?
- BONZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BONZE:
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