bok

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/bɑk/
See all 2 pronunciations
/bɑk/ · /bɒk/

Definition of bok

5 senses · 5 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (South-Africa, slang)Keen or willing.
    “"Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."”
See all 5 definitions

adj

  1. (South-Africa, slang)Keen or willing.
    “"Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."”

intj

  1. The clucking sound of a chicken.
    “And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.”
    “So the librarian gives the chicken a book. The chicken goes away, but comes back the next day, goes up to the librarian's desk and says: 'Bok, bok!'”

verb

  1. To make the clucking sound of a chicken.

name

  1. A surname from German, Dutch, or Swedish.

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of Springbok, a player for the South African national rugby team.
    “Between minutes 30 and 33 England laid siege to the Bok tryline but could not get through.”
    “Yes, we lifted the World Cup in 2003 (I can still effortlessly visualise Jonny's drop kick), but the Boks have won four, the Kiwis three and the Aussies two. Our women, thank God, are so much better.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck. Compare German Bock (“willingness, desire”).

Anagrams of bok

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play kob 9 points

Words you can make from bok

3 playable · top: KOB (9 pts)

Best play kob 9 points

2-letter words

2 words

Find your best play with bok

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes bok, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.