BOY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOY?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does BOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A male child, or a young man.
Boy is one of the words English cannot trace: it appears in the thirteenth century with no clear ancestor and no relative in any neighbouring language. Its use as a form of address to a grown man has been offensive in some countries for a very long time, and that is in effect a separate word.
How BOY is used
Countable: a boy, two boys. Also an exclamation — oh boy.
- The boy was nine and knew every train on the line.
- Oh boy, this is going to take all afternoon.
- Addressed to a grown man, boy is an insult with history behind it.
- Two boys and a dog took up the whole pavement.
- The word boy has no known origin, which is unusual.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BOY
The 3 tiles of BOY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BOY
Showing 24 of 45 words that begin with BOY.
Words ending in BOY
Showing 24 of 54 words that end in BOY. Useful as a back hook: play BOY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BOY inside
Showing 24 of 81 words that contain BOY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BOY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BOY
Common questions about BOY
- Is BOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOY worth?
- BOY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOY mean?
- A male child, or a young man.
- What letters can be added to BOY?
- BOY takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BOY:
Open BOY in the Word Finder