BOURNE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOURNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOURNE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOURNE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOURNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bournesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOURNE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOURNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What stands out about BOURNE
- The same 6 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 BOURNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
An archaic or literary word for a boundary, limit, or final destination beyond which one cannot go.
Bourne is most familiar from a line in Hamlet describing death as the undiscovered country from which no traveller ever returns, an image built around bourne as the final edge of existence. In an older and separate use, especially in southern England, a bourne also names a small stream or brook that often runs dry in summer and reappears after heavy rain. Both senses point to something that marks an edge, whether the edge of a journey or the edge of a chalk valley. Modern English rarely uses bourne outside poetry, place names such as Eastbourne, and deliberately old-fashioned writing.
How BOURNE is used
Rare outside literary and poetic English, and in place names built from the older stream sense.
- The poem describes death as the final bourne from which no one returns.
- After the rains, the dry bourne filled and ran down the chalk valley.
- He spoke of retirement as the bourne of a long career.
- Local children played beside the winter bourne behind the farm.
- The old ballad calls the grave a bourne beyond all sorrow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOURNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOURNE
The 6 tiles of BOURNE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BOURNE
1 longer words begin with BOURNE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOURNE
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Common questions about BOURNE
- Is BOURNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOURNE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOURNE worth?
- BOURNE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOURNE mean?
- An archaic or literary word for a boundary, limit, or final destination beyond which one cannot go.
- What letters can be added to BOURNE?
- BOURNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOURNE:
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