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Is bogus a Scrabble word?

Yes, bogus is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of bogus?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (slang) Undesirable or harmful.Examples: "What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too! Get it?"slang

2. (computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.slang

3. (philately) Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).Examples: "Bogus stamps are labels made to deceive stamp collectors. Many bogus stamps were made prior to 1900 when some had names of imaginary countries."Synonyms: illegal

noun (English)

1. (US, dialect) A liquor made of rum and molasses.Examples: "BOGUS. A liquor made of rum and molasses."; ""Calibogus," or "bogus" was cold rum and beer unsweetened."; "The American colonists drank rum straight, spiced, or mixed. They combined it with a list of ingredients: rum mixed with hard cider was called stonewall; rum and beer made bogus; rum and molasses made blackstrap."USdialectaluncountable

2. (US, dialect, archaic) Counterfeit money.Examples: "“Ahem—it is the opinion of the court that the prisoner has been making bogus; so we must put him in the jug until Superior Court.[…]”"; "There is not a merchant in this city but knows this fact, and also that there has been a large quantity of bogus in circulation."; "This being agreed to, they hand the soldier the same number of dollars they received from him—but all counterfeit. This new way of passing bogus they have practised to a considerable extent […]"USarchaicdialectaluncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bogus"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bogus"?

Scrabble
8 points
B3
O1
G2
U1
S1
Words With Friends
11 points
B4
O1
G3
U2
S1

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