BOVINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BOVINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOVINE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOVINE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOVINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bovinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOVINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOVINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does BOVINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to cattle, or resembling a cow or ox in manner.
Veterinarians speak of bovine diseases and bovine milk when they mean those of cattle. In everyday writing the word can describe a person who seems slow, stolid or placidly unbothered, in the way a cow chewing in a field does. It can also be a noun for an animal of the cattle family, though that use is rare.
How BOVINE is used
Neutral in science and farming; figurative use for people can sound unflattering.
- Bovine tuberculosis is closely watched by health officials.
- He stared at the passing train with bovine calm.
- The vet examined the bovine patient in the barn.
- A bovine expression crossed his face.
- The bovine herd grazed beside the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOVINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOVINE
2 longer words begin with BOVINE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOVINE
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Common questions about BOVINE
- Is BOVINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOVINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOVINE worth?
- BOVINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOVINE mean?
- Relating to cattle, or resembling a cow or ox in manner.
- What letters can be added to BOVINE?
- BOVINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOVINE:
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