BORK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BORK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BORK?
| 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 BORK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BORK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
borksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BORK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BORK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does BORK mean in Scrabble?
verb
North American
To attack a public figure to block their appointment.
Bork comes from the surname of a judge whose nomination was defeated in 1987 after a public campaign. It is one of extremely few English verbs made from the name of a living person.
How BORK is used
Borked, borking. Chiefly American political use.
- They borked the nominee before the hearings began.
- The word bork comes from a surname.
- Being borked is a public process and not a private one.
- Very few English verbs come from a living person's name, and bork does.
- The campaign that gave English bork happened in 1987.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BORK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BORK
4 longer words begin with BORK.
Shorter words from the letters in BORK
Common questions about BORK
- Is BORK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BORK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BORK worth?
- BORK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BORK mean?
- To attack a public figure to block their appointment.
- What letters can be added to BORK?
- BORK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BORK:
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