BOYSY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. BOYSY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BOYSY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOYSY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOYSY
No single letter turns BOYSY into another word.
How BOYSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOYSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does BOYSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Typical of or appealing mainly to boys or young men, especially in a laddish or matey way.
Boysy describes activities, humour or atmospheres that lean toward what is stereotypically enjoyed by boys or young men, such as noisy banter, sport talk or rough games. It is often used a little dismissively, suggesting an atmosphere some people might find excluding or immature. The word sits close in feeling to laddish, though boysy can also describe younger boys rather than grown men.
How BOYSY is used
Informal British usage, sometimes mildly critical of an excluding, laddish atmosphere.
- The office had a boysy feel that put some new starters off.
- Their humour got a bit boysy once the football came on.
- She found the boysy banter in the changing room tiresome.
- It was a boysy sort of party, full of loud jokes and sport talk.
- The film has a boysy charm that appeals mostly to younger viewers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOYSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOYSY
Common questions about BOYSY
- Is BOYSY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BOYSY is not in it.
- How many points is BOYSY worth?
- BOYSY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOYSY mean?
- Typical of or appealing mainly to boys or young men, especially in a laddish or matey way.
- What letters can be added to BOYSY?
- No single letter can be added to BOYSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOYSY:
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