BOOK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BOOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOOK?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOOK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOOK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOOK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 70,022.
What stands out about BOOK
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A written work consisting of pages bound together.
Book comes from the same root as beech, probably because early writing was cut into beechwood. The verb, meaning to reserve, came from the practice of writing a name into a register.
How BOOK is used
Countable. Also a verb: booked, booking.
- The book was finished in a month and edited for a year.
- The word book shares a root with beech.
- They booked the hall and forgot the chairs.
- A referee books a player by writing the name down.
- Two books on the same subject and neither mentions the other.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOOK
The 4 tiles of BOOK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOOK
Showing 24 of 94 words that begin with BOOK.
Words ending in BOOK
Showing 24 of 56 words that end in BOOK. Useful as a back hook: play BOOK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOOK inside
Showing 24 of 73 words that contain BOOK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOOK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOOK
Common questions about BOOK
- Is BOOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOOK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOOK worth?
- BOOK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOOK mean?
- A written work consisting of pages bound together.
- What letters can be added to BOOK?
- BOOK takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOOK:
Open BOOK in the Word Finder