BOSON is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BOSON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOSON?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOSON is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOSON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bosonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOSON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOSON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What stands out about BOSON
- The same 5 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 BOSON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A subatomic particle, such as a photon, that carries a fundamental force and can share the same quantum state with many others of its kind.
Named after the Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, a boson behaves very differently from particles called fermions, which cannot share the same state. Photons of light, gluons, and the Higgs boson are all classified as bosons because they carry the basic forces of nature. Physicists rely on the mathematics of boson behavior to explain phenomena such as superconductivity and laser light, where enormous numbers of particles act in step. The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 was treated as major confirmation of the standard model of particle physics.
How BOSON is used
Almost exclusively technical, appearing in physics education and research rather than casual conversation.
- The photon is the boson responsible for carrying electromagnetic force.
- Researchers at the collider searched for years before confirming the Higgs boson.
- Each boson can share its quantum state with countless identical particles.
- The professor explained why a boson behaves so differently from a fermion.
- Laser light is often described as a stream of bosons moving in step.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOSON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOSON
The 5 tiles of BOSON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOSON
2 longer words begin with BOSON.
Shorter words from the letters in BOSON
Common questions about BOSON
- Is BOSON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOSON, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOSON worth?
- BOSON is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOSON mean?
- A subatomic particle, such as a photon, that carries a fundamental force and can share the same quantum state with many others of its kind.
- What letters can be added to BOSON?
- BOSON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOSON:
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