OUTBOAST is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OUTBOAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTBOAST?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTBOAST is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTBOAST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
outboastsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTBOAST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTBOAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTBOAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUTBOAST mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To make bigger claims about oneself than a rival does.
The verb outboast turns bragging into a contest, where the winner is whoever claims the most. It is a playful, seldom-seen coinage, and it needs a rival as its object.
How OUTBOAST is used
Used with a person as object, usually in jokes about rival braggarts.
- The two sailors tried to outboast each other all evening.
- No one at the table could outboast him once he started on his fishing stories.
- She did not mean to outboast her brother, but the tale grew with each retelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTBOAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTBOAST
3 longer words begin with OUTBOAST.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTBOAST
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Common questions about OUTBOAST
- Is OUTBOAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTBOAST, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTBOAST worth?
- OUTBOAST is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTBOAST mean?
- To make bigger claims about oneself than a rival does.
- What letters can be added to OUTBOAST?
- OUTBOAST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTBOAST:
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