BOURGEOISIE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BOURGEOISIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOURGEOISIE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOURGEOISIE is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOURGEOISIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bourgeoisiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOURGEOISIE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BOURGEOISIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOURGEOISIE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BOURGEOISIE
- BOURGEOISIE runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOURGEOISIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The middle class, often seen as concerned with property, comfort and conventional values.
Historians use bourgeoisie for the trading and professional classes that rose between nobles and workers. In Marxist writing it means the owners of capital who control the means of production.
How BOURGEOISIE is used
The word bourgeoisie is borrowed from French and is common in politics, history and social theory.
- The rising bourgeoisie challenged the power of the aristocracy.
- Marx wrote about the struggle between workers and bourgeoisie.
- The novel mocks the habits of the provincial bourgeoisie.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOURGEOISIE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOURGEOISIE
1 longer words begin with BOURGEOISIE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOURGEOISIE
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Common questions about BOURGEOISIE
- Is BOURGEOISIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOURGEOISIE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOURGEOISIE worth?
- BOURGEOISIE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOURGEOISIE mean?
- The middle class, often seen as concerned with property, comfort and conventional values.
- What letters can be added to BOURGEOISIE?
- BOURGEOISIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BOURGEOISIE:
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