LINKBOY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LINKBOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LINKBOY?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LINKBOY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LINKBOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
linkboysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LINKBOY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LINKBOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does LINKBOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A boy hired in earlier times to carry a flaming torch and light travellers through dark streets.
Before gas lamps, a linkboy waited at street corners and theatre doors for customers who wanted a lit path home. The link was a torch made of tow and pitch. Novelists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries often included the linkboy to give a street scene its period feel.
How LINKBOY is used
The word linkboy occurs in historical novels and studies of old London.
- A linkboy ran ahead of the carriage with a burning torch.
- The gentleman tossed a coin to the linkboy.
- In the novel, the linkboy knows every alley in the city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LINKBOY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LINKBOY
1 longer words begin with LINKBOY.
Shorter words from the letters in LINKBOY
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Common questions about LINKBOY
- Is LINKBOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LINKBOY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LINKBOY worth?
- LINKBOY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LINKBOY mean?
- A boy hired in earlier times to carry a flaming torch and light travellers through dark streets.
- What letters can be added to LINKBOY?
- LINKBOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LINKBOY:
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