BWAZI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. BWAZI 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 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BWAZI?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BWAZI is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BWAZI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bwazisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BWAZI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BWAZI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What stands out about BWAZI
- BWAZI scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BWAZI mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyrare
An African shrub whose fibrous inner bark was traditionally stripped and used to make rope, cord, or cloth, known too as buaze.
Bwazi refers specifically to this fiber-yielding shrub rather than to the rope itself. The word appears almost exclusively in older botanical or reference works rather than in everyday language.
How BWAZI is used
Very rare; found mainly in specialist botanical glossaries and word lists rather than general use.
- Local weavers once relied on the bwazi plant for strong natural fiber.
- The botanist catalogued bwazi alongside other fiber-producing shrubs.
- Old trade records mention rope made from bwazi bark.
- Few modern readers have heard of bwazi outside a dictionary entry.
- The expedition collected samples of bwazi during its survey of local flora.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BWAZI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BWAZI
1 longer words begin with BWAZI.
Shorter words from the letters in BWAZI
Common questions about BWAZI
- Is BWAZI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BWAZI is not in it.
- How many points is BWAZI worth?
- BWAZI is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BWAZI mean?
- An African shrub whose fibrous inner bark was traditionally stripped and used to make rope, cord, or cloth, known too as buaze.
- What letters can be added to BWAZI?
- BWAZI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BWAZI:
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