Is BOGUS a word?
BOGUS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 21 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BOGUS is a valid word.
What does bogus mean?
adjective: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BOGUS: word details
- Pronunciation: BOH-guhs (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so BOGUS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- 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 bogus
Words you can make from the letters of bogus.
Solve a whole rack, not just BOGUS
BOGUS 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 BOGUS mean?
BOGUS is a adjective. It means: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
Is BOGUS a valid word?
Yes, BOGUS is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 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.