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Is bogus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bogus is a Scrabble US word. The word bogus is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is bogus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bogus is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word bogus is a Words With Friends word. The word bogus is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

BOGUS,

4-letter words (5 found)

BOGS,BUGS,GOBS,GUBS,SUGO,

3-letter words (16 found)

BOG,BOS,BUG,BUS,GOB,GOS,GUB,GUS,OBS,OUS,SOB,SOG,SOU,SUB,SUG,UGS,

2-letter words (9 found)

BO,GO,GU,OB,OS,OU,SO,UG,US,

You can make 31 words from bogus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bogus

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Definitions and meaning of bogus

bogus

Etymology

First attested as an underworld term for an apparatus for creating counterfeit coins, then the coins themselves. Later, the word was applied to anything of poor quality. The newest use to mean useless is probably from the slang of computer hackers.

The origin is unknown, but there are at least two theories that try to trace its origin:

  • From Hausa boko (“to fake”). Since bogus first appeared in the United States, it may be possible that its ancestor was brought there on a slave ship.
  • From criminal slang as a short form of tantrabogus, a 19th-century slang term for a menacing object, making some believe that bogus might be linked to bogy or bogey (see bogeyman). In this sense, Bogus might be related to Bogle – a traditional trickster from the Scottish Borders, noted for achieving acts of household trickery; confusing, but not usually damaging.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.ɡəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.ɡəs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊɡəs

Adjective

bogus (comparative more bogus, superlative most bogus)

  1. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
    Synonyms: phony; see also Thesaurus:fake
  2. (slang) Undesirable or harmful.
  3. (computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.
  4. (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).
    Synonym: illegal
  5. Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.

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Noun

bogus (uncountable)

  1. (US, dialect) A liquor made of rum and molasses.
  2. (US, dialect, archaic) Counterfeit money.

Derived terms

  • bogus-maker

Related terms

  • calibogus

References

  • “bogus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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