BOOGEYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BOOGEYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOOGEYMAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOOGEYMAN is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOOGEYMAN
No single letter turns BOOGEYMAN into another word.
How BOOGEYMAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BOOGEYMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOOGEYMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOOGEYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An imaginary evil being invoked to frighten children, or any person or thing that is a source of exaggerated fear.
Parents once warned that the boogeyman would catch children who stayed up late. Adults now use boogeyman for any bogus threat that politicians or the press like to blow up. This spelling is one of several, and the others are described under their own entries.
How BOOGEYMAN is used
Used for a nursery monster and, figuratively, for a feared bogus menace.
- The child was sure the boogeyman lived in the closet.
- Rising prices became the boogeyman of the election campaign.
- He used the old boogeyman story to scare his little cousins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOOGEYMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOOGEYMAN
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Common questions about BOOGEYMAN
- Is BOOGEYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOOGEYMAN, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOOGEYMAN worth?
- BOOGEYMAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOOGEYMAN mean?
- An imaginary evil being invoked to frighten children, or any person or thing that is a source of exaggerated fear.
- What letters can be added to BOOGEYMAN?
- No single letter can be added to BOOGEYMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BOOGEYMAN:
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