Is BAMBOO a word?
BAMBOO is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 20 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BAMBOO is a valid word.
What does bamboo mean?
noun: the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BAMBOO: word details
- Pronunciation: bam-BOO (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside bamboo
Words you can make from the letters of bamboo.
Solve a whole rack, not just BAMBOO
BAMBOO is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BAMBOO mean?
BAMBOO is a noun. It means: the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles.
Is BAMBOO a valid word?
Yes, BAMBOO is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.