SONOBUOY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SONOBUOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SONOBUOY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SONOBUOY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SONOBUOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sonobuoysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SONOBUOY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SONOBUOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SONOBUOY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SONOBUOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A floating device dropped into the sea that listens for underwater noise and relays it by radio.
Aircraft scatter a sonobuoy over a wide patch of ocean to track submarines without staying close to them. Each unit is used once or twice and then sinks or is left behind.
How SONOBUOY is used
Appears in naval, aviation and oceanographic writing.
- The patrol plane released a sonobuoy near the suspected route.
- Each sonobuoy sent its signal back to the crew on board.
- Researchers also drop a sonobuoy to record whale calls.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SONOBUOY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SONOBUOY
1 longer words begin with SONOBUOY.
Shorter words from the letters in SONOBUOY
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Common questions about SONOBUOY
- Is SONOBUOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SONOBUOY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SONOBUOY worth?
- SONOBUOY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SONOBUOY mean?
- A floating device dropped into the sea that listens for underwater noise and relays it by radio.
- What letters can be added to SONOBUOY?
- SONOBUOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SONOBUOY:
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