BOOL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOOL 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOOL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOOL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOOL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,505.
What stands out about BOOL
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 BOOL mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To play the game of bowls.
Bool describes rolling weighted balls across a green toward a target, the traditional lawn game known in English as bowls. The word is a Scots term still met in accounts of club games and village greens.
How BOOL is used
Scots dialect; used for the game of bowls rather than in general English.
- The old men used to bool every fine evening.
- They asked him to bool a round before supper.
- She learned to bool from her grandfather on the green.
- The club still meets on Saturdays to bool.
- He would rather bool than watch the match on television.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOOL
The 4 tiles of BOOL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BOOL
3 longer words begin with BOOL.
Words ending in BOOL
2 words end in BOOL. Useful as a back hook: play BOOL onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOOL inside
4 words contain BOOL in the middle. Words that start with BOOL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOOL
Common questions about BOOL
- Is BOOL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOOL is not in it.
- How many points is BOOL worth?
- BOOL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOOL mean?
- To play the game of bowls.
- What letters can be added to BOOL?
- BOOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOOL:
Open BOOL in the Word Finder