BOUFFE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BOUFFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOUFFE?
| 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 BOUFFE is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOUFFE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bouffesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOUFFE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOUFFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What does BOUFFE mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A comic opera, especially a light French one with a farcical plot, as in the phrase opera bouffe.
Bouffe is borrowed from French, where it means comic or burlesque, and it appears in English almost only in the fixed expression opera bouffe. That kind of stage work blends sung numbers with spoken dialogue and brisk satire. Offenbach made the style famous in nineteenth-century Paris.
How BOUFFE is used
Mostly seen after the word opera; stand-alone use is rare and specialist.
- The company staged a lively bouffe on the theme of mistaken identity.
- Critics praised the bouffe for its sharp wit and quick tunes.
- Offenbach wrote one bouffe after another for the Paris stage.
- A touring bouffe filled the small theatre every night that week.
- The programme described the evening as a light bouffe with spoken scenes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOUFFE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOUFFE
1 longer words begin with BOUFFE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOUFFE
Common questions about BOUFFE
- Is BOUFFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOUFFE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOUFFE worth?
- BOUFFE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOUFFE mean?
- A comic opera, especially a light French one with a farcical plot, as in the phrase opera bouffe.
- What letters can be added to BOUFFE?
- BOUFFE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOUFFE:
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