HIGHBOY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HIGHBOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIGHBOY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIGHBOY is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIGHBOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
highboysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIGHBOY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HIGHBOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,527 thousand.
What does HIGHBOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A tall chest of drawers in two sections, standing on four high legs.
The highboy was a favourite piece of eighteenth-century American furniture, and fine examples sell for large sums at auction. The lower half is a small chest and the upper half a taller chest set on top.
How HIGHBOY is used
Highboy is a furniture term, mainly American.
- An antique highboy stood in the hall.
- She kept the linen in the top drawers of the highboy.
- The carved highboy was made in Philadelphia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIGHBOY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIGHBOY
1 longer words begin with HIGHBOY.
Shorter words from the letters in HIGHBOY
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Common questions about HIGHBOY
- Is HIGHBOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIGHBOY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIGHBOY worth?
- HIGHBOY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIGHBOY mean?
- A tall chest of drawers in two sections, standing on four high legs.
- What letters can be added to HIGHBOY?
- HIGHBOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HIGHBOY:
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