BORAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BORAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BORAGE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BORAGE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BORAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boragesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BORAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BORAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does BORAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A bristly garden herb with bright blue star-shaped flowers and leaves that taste faintly of cucumber.
Borage is an annual plant native to the Mediterranean that grows readily in ordinary gardens, where bees crowd around its nodding blue flowers. Cooks float the blossoms in summer drinks such as Pimm's cups, and the young leaves go into salads. Seeds are pressed for an oil sold as a supplement. Old herbals credited borage with lifting the spirits and giving courage.
How BORAGE is used
Common in cookery, gardening and herbal writing.
- We planted borage near the beans to attract bees.
- A blue borage flower floated in her glass.
- The salad was topped with young borage leaves.
- Borage self-seeds so freely that it returns every summer.
- The herbalist praised borage as a cure for gloom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BORAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BORAGE
1 longer words begin with BORAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in BORAGE
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Common questions about BORAGE
- Is BORAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BORAGE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BORAGE worth?
- BORAGE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BORAGE mean?
- A bristly garden herb with bright blue star-shaped flowers and leaves that taste faintly of cucumber.
- What letters can be added to BORAGE?
- BORAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BORAGE:
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