BOVVER is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BOVVER 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 BOVVER?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOVVER is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOVVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bovversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOVVER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOVVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does BOVVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishslang
Rowdy or violent trouble, especially street fighting caused by gangs of young men.
Bovver is a cockney-flavoured respelling of bother, and it came into wide use in Britain around 1970 in connection with skinhead gangs. It survives in the phrase bovver boots, the heavy lace-up footwear linked to that scene. The word suggests a scuffle on the street rather than a quiet disagreement.
How BOVVER is used
British slang, dated in flavour; often seen in the fixed phrases bovver boys and bovver boots.
- There was always bovver outside the pub after the match.
- The police expected bovver when the two groups met.
- He wore his bovver boots to the concert.
- A bit of bovver at closing time is how the evening usually ended.
- The newspaper warned parents about bovver on the late trains.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOVVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOVVER
1 longer words begin with BOVVER.
Shorter words from the letters in BOVVER
Common questions about BOVVER
- Is BOVVER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOVVER, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOVVER worth?
- BOVVER is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOVVER mean?
- Rowdy or violent trouble, especially street fighting caused by gangs of young men.
- What letters can be added to BOVVER?
- BOVVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOVVER:
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