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Is bookend a Scrabble word?

Yes, bookend is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 14 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bookend?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.Examples: "The cabinet minister's appearance served as something of a bookend to her grilling by the Home Affairs select committee in April this year[…]"; "In both Episode 1 and Episode 9, which serve as bookends, Burns found fascinating footage of a 1938 event at which President Franklin Roosevelt spoke to living veterans who wore the Blue and the Gray; […]"; "[…] radio techniques, including the use of sound montage and the placement of musical "bookends" at the beginning and end of radio programs […]"figuratively

verb (English)

1. (transitive, often figurative) To come before and after, or at both sides of.Examples: "Side one has good songs bookended by better songs."; "The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen."; "Taking the 18th-century tale at a steady, relentless drumbeat, and with a seductively cool detachment, Kubrick guides you through his hero’s rise and fall, bookended by two sensational duelling scenes."Synonyms: flankfigurativelyoftentransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "bookend"?

Scrabble
14 points
B3
O1
O1
K5
E1
N1
D2
Words With Friends
16 points
B4
O1
O1
K5
E1
N2
D2

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