BOSH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BOSH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOSH?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOSH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOSH
No single letter turns BOSH into another word.
How BOSH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOSH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What stands out about BOSH
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 BOSH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Nonsense; empty talk.
Bosh came into English from Turkish, where it means empty, and it arrived through a popular novel of 1834. Very few English words can be dated to a single book that precisely.
How BOSH is used
Uncountable; there is no plural. Informal.
- That is bosh and everybody in the room knew it.
- The word bosh is Turkish for empty.
- A novel of 1834 brought bosh into English.
- Very few words can be dated to one book as bosh can.
- Complete bosh from beginning to end.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOSH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOSH
The 4 tiles of BOSH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOSH
7 longer words begin with BOSH.
Words ending in BOSH
3 words end in BOSH. Useful as a back hook: play BOSH onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOSH inside
14 words contain BOSH in the middle. Words that start with BOSH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOSH
Common questions about BOSH
- Is BOSH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOSH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOSH worth?
- BOSH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOSH mean?
- Nonsense; empty talk.
- What letters can be added to BOSH?
- No single letter can be added to BOSH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOSH:
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