What BONGOES Means
BONGOES is a form of BONGO, which means:
- noun: a small drum; played with the hands
- noun: large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BONGOES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 O1 N1 G2 O1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BONGOES
111 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 (15)
4 letter words (42)
BEGOBEGSBENSBOGSBONEBONGBOONBOOSEBONEGOSENGSEONSGENSGEOSGOBOGOBSGOESGONEGONSGOONGOOSNEBSNEGSNOBSNOESNOGSNOOBNOSEOBESOBOEOBOSONESONOSOONSOOSESEGOSNEBSNOBSNOGSONESONGSOON
3 letter words (38)
BEGBENBESBOGBONBOOBOSEGOENGENSEONGENGEOGOBGOEGONGOOGOSNEBNEGNOGNOONOSOBEOBOOBSOESONEONOONSOONOOSOSESEGSENSOBSOGSON
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.