BOOM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOOM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOOM is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOOM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOOM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,011.
What does BOOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A deep resonant sound.
Boom the sound is imitative and boom the pole on a boat is a separate word from Dutch, meaning a tree. The economic sense grew from the sound and is nineteenth-century American.
How BOOM is used
Countable. Also a verb: boomed, booms.
- A boom that rattled every window on the street.
- The word boom covers two unrelated borrowings.
- The boom swung across and everybody ducked.
- An economic boom took its name from the sound.
- Two booms a second apart meant two aircraft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOOM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOOM
The 4 tiles of BOOM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOOM
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with BOOM.
Words ending in BOOM
11 words end in BOOM. Useful as a back hook: play BOOM onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOOM inside
12 words contain BOOM in the middle. Words that start with BOOM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOOM
Common questions about BOOM
- Is BOOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOOM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOOM worth?
- BOOM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOOM mean?
- A deep resonant sound.
- What letters can be added to BOOM?
- BOOM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOOM:
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