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Is BONITOS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, BONITOS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 9 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does BONITOS mean?

Bonitos is a form of BONITO.

  1. noun

    flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna

  2. noun

    fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna

  3. noun

    any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

9

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

7

Letters

B (3) + O (1) + N (1) + I (1) + T (1) + O (1) + S (1) = 9 points in Scrabble.

Dictionary status

  • Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
  • Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
  • Words With FriendsListed

Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.

Hooks for BONITOS

BONITOS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.

Front hooks0

None — nothing can be added to the front.

Back hooks0

None — nothing can be added to the end.

Words you can make from BONITOS

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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