BORSTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BORSTAL 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 BORSTAL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BORSTAL is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BORSTAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BORSTAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BORSTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does BORSTAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishhistorical
A former British institution where young offenders were detained and trained.
The name comes from a village in Kent where the first such place opened in 1902. Borstals were replaced by other youth custody systems in the 1980s, but the word survives in memoirs and in the phrase going to borstal.
How BORSTAL is used
Borstal is a historical British word.
- He was sent to borstal at seventeen.
- The writer described his years in borstal in a famous story.
- Borstal was meant to reform young offenders through discipline and work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BORSTAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BORSTAL
3 longer words begin with BORSTAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BORSTAL
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Common questions about BORSTAL
- Is BORSTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BORSTAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BORSTAL worth?
- BORSTAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BORSTAL mean?
- A former British institution where young offenders were detained and trained.
- What letters can be added to BORSTAL?
- BORSTAL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BORSTAL:
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