BOOKY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOOKY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOOKY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOOKY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOOKY
No single letter turns BOOKY into another word.
How BOOKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOOKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 672,210.
What does BOOKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Resembling a book in appearance, or inclined to spend time reading and studying.
A booky room is lined with shelves and stacks that make it look like a small library, while a booky person is one who would rather curl up with a novel than do almost anything else. The word is an informal variant of bookish, built directly from book plus the common adjective suffix -y. It appears mostly in casual writing about the habits of people or about spaces filled with books.
How BOOKY is used
Informal, used casually rather than in formal writing.
- The booky corner of the cafe had shelves on every wall.
- He was a quiet, booky child who preferred the library.
- Her booky apartment was stacked with paperbacks.
- The store had a cozy, booky atmosphere.
- They called him the booky one of the family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOOKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOOKY
Common questions about BOOKY
- Is BOOKY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOOKY is not in it.
- How many points is BOOKY worth?
- BOOKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOOKY mean?
- Resembling a book in appearance, or inclined to spend time reading and studying.
- What letters can be added to BOOKY?
- No single letter can be added to BOOKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOOKY:
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