BOOGALOO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BOOGALOO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOOGALOO?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOOGALOO is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOOGALOO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boogaloosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOOGALOO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BOOGALOO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 4 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOOGALOO has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BOOGALOO
- The letter O appears four times in BOOGALOO.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOOGALOO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A 1960s dance with shuffling, swivelling movements, done to rock and soul music.
Boogaloo was a dance craze of the 1960s with a Latin soul beat. As a verb it simply means to dance this way, and the word later spread to other street-dance styles.
How BOOGALOO is used
Informal; a dance or music style, also a verb.
- They did the boogaloo all night.
- A boogaloo record topped the charts.
- Grandpa still remembers the boogaloo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOOGALOO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOOGALOO
3 longer words begin with BOOGALOO.
Shorter words from the letters in BOOGALOO
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Common questions about BOOGALOO
- Is BOOGALOO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOOGALOO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOOGALOO worth?
- BOOGALOO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOOGALOO mean?
- A 1960s dance with shuffling, swivelling movements, done to rock and soul music.
- What letters can be added to BOOGALOO?
- BOOGALOO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BOOGALOO:
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