BOR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOR 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 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOR?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOR is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about BOR
- The same 3 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 BOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectBritish
An East Anglian dialect term of address used for a male friend or neighbour.
Bor is called out to a companion much as mate or pal might be used elsewhere in England. Using it marks the speaker as coming from Norfolk or the surrounding region, rather than describing any particular person.
How BOR is used
Regional dialect, chiefly Norfolk and Suffolk; rarely used or understood outside East Anglia.
- Alright, bor, the farmer called across the field.
- He always greeted his neighbour with a cheerful morning, bor.
- The old fisherman still calls every young lad bor.
- Come on then, bor, help me shift this gate.
- Visitors are often puzzled the first time someone calls them bor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOR
The 3 tiles of BOR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BOR
Showing 24 of 161 words that begin with BOR.
Words ending in BOR
12 words end in BOR. Useful as a back hook: play BOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOR inside
Showing 24 of 443 words that contain BOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOR
Common questions about BOR
- Is BOR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOR is not in it.
- How many points is BOR worth?
- BOR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOR mean?
- An East Anglian dialect term of address used for a male friend or neighbour.
- What letters can be added to BOR?
- BOR takes 8 hooks: 0 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BOR:
Open BOR in the Word Finder