BOUTON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOUTON 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 BOUTON?
| 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 BOUTON is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOUTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
boutonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOUTON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOUTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,824.
What does BOUTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
In anatomy, a small knob-like swelling at the end of a nerve fibre where it connects with another nerve cell to pass on a signal.
A bouton, sometimes called a synaptic bouton or terminal bouton, sits at the very tip of an axon and releases chemical messengers into the tiny gap of a synapse. Neuroscientists study boutons to understand how brain cells communicate, learn and form new connections. The word comes from the French for a button or bud, chosen because the swelling looks like a small knob under the microscope.
How BOUTON is used
A specialised term from anatomy and neuroscience, not used outside scientific or medical writing.
- Under the microscope, each bouton released a burst of neurotransmitter.
- The researchers counted the boutons along a single axon.
- Learning appears to increase the number of synaptic boutons in the brain.
- A damaged bouton can no longer pass its signal to the next cell.
- The textbook diagram labelled the bouton at the tip of the nerve fibre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOUTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOUTON
The 6 tiles of BOUTON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOUTON
5 longer words begin with BOUTON.
Shorter words from the letters in BOUTON
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Common questions about BOUTON
- Is BOUTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOUTON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOUTON worth?
- BOUTON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOUTON mean?
- In anatomy, a small knob-like swelling at the end of a nerve fibre where it connects with another nerve cell to pass on a signal.
- What letters can be added to BOUTON?
- BOUTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOUTON:
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