What BONDUCS Means
BONDUCS is a form of BONDUC, which means:
- noun: handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
- noun: tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BONDUCS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 O1 N1 D2 U1 C3 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BONDUCS
107 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (17)
4 letter words (35)
BODSBONDBOUNBUDOBUDSBUNDBUNSCOBSCODSCONDCONSCUBSCUDSDOBSDOCSDONSDOUCDOUNDUBSDUNSDUOSNOBSNODSNOUSNUBSONUSOUDSSCUDSNOBSNODSNUBUDONUDOSUNCOUNDO
3 letter words (40)
BODBONBOSBUDBUNBUSCOBCODCONCOSCUBCUDDOBDOCDONDOSDSODUBDUNDUONODNOSNUBNUSOBSODSONSOUDOUSSOBSOCSODSONSOUSUBSUDSUNUDOUDSUNS
2 letter words (12)
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