BOSK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BOSK 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 BOSK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOSK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOSK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOSK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BOSK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What stands out about BOSK
- 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 BOSK mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A small wood or thicket.
Bosk is chiefly poetic and produced the adjective bosky, which is commoner than the noun itself. The root also gave English bouquet and bush, all through the idea of a clump of growth.
How BOSK is used
Countable: a bosk, two bosks. Chiefly literary.
- A bosk at the end of the field and nothing beyond it.
- The word bosk gave English bosky.
- Bouquet and bush share a root with bosk.
- Two bosks joined by a hedge that was planted later.
- A bosk is smaller than a wood and larger than a clump.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOSK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOSK
The 4 tiles of BOSK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOSK
11 longer words begin with BOSK.
Words ending in BOSK
2 words end in BOSK. Useful as a back hook: play BOSK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOSK inside
6 words contain BOSK in the middle. Words that start with BOSK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOSK
Common questions about BOSK
- Is BOSK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOSK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOSK worth?
- BOSK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOSK mean?
- A small wood or thicket.
- What letters can be added to BOSK?
- BOSK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BOSK:
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