boustrophedon

1. (of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines.

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1. (of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines.

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1. An ancient method of writing in which the lines are inscribed alternately from right to left and from left to right.

2. The writing of alternate lines in opposite directions (as from left to right and from right to left).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
boustrophedon	21	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
be	4
bo	4
de	3
do	3
ed	3
eh	5
en	2
er	2
es	2
et	2
he	5
ho	5
ne	2
no	2
nu	2
od	3
oe	2
oh	5
on	2
op	4
or	2
os	2
pe	4
po	4
re	2
sh	5
so	2
te	2
to	2
uh	5
un	2
up	4
us	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bed	6
ben	5
bes	5
bet	5
bod	6
boo	5
bop	7
bos	5
bot	5
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bud	6
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bus	5
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deb	6
den	4
dep	6
doe	4
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ens	3
eon	3
ern	3
ers	3
est	3
eth	6
hen	6
hep	8
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het	6
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hon	6
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hot	6
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neb	5
net	3
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noo	3
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nut	3
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ode	4
ods	4
oes	3
oho	6
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ons	3
ooh	6
oot	3
ope	5
ops	5
opt	5
orb	5
ore	3
ors	3
ort	3
ose	3
oud	4
our	3
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ped	6
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pes	5
pet	5
pho	8
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pod	6
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poo	5
pos	5
pot	5
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pun	5
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put	5
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red	4
rep	5
res	3
ret	3
rho	6
rob	5
rod	4
roe	3
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rot	3
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rue	3
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rut	3
sen	3
ser	3
set	3
she	6
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sob	5
sod	4
soh	6
son	3
sop	5
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sou	3
sub	5
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sun	3
sup	5
ted	4
ten	3
tes	3
the	6
tho	6
tod	4
toe	3
ton	3
too	3
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tor	3
tub	5
tun	3
tup	5
udo	4
uns	3
upo	5
ups	5
urb	5
urd	4
urn	3
urp	5
use	3
ute	3
uts	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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bedu	7
bend	7
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bent	6
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beth	9
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bode	7
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bone	6
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bred	7
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brut	6
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buhr	9
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debs	7
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dens	5
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dohs	8
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doob	7
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dorp	7
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drop	7
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duet	5
dune	5
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dure	5
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hens	7
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hero	7
hers	7
hest	7
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hood	8
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hope	9
hops	9
horn	7
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orts	4
ouds	5
ouph	9
ours	4
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rote	4
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rots	4
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rush	7
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true	4
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udon	5
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unto	4
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upon	6
urbs	6
urds	5
urns	4
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used	5
user	4
utes	4
noob	6
pheo	9
pube	8

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bends	8
bento	7
bents	7
berth	10
besot	7
beths	10
beton	7
bhoot	10
bhuts	10
bodes	8
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bosun	7
bound	8
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broth	10
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butoh	10
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depth	11
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doest	6
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donut	6
doobs	8
doors	6
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dores	6
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dropt	8
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duets	6
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dunts	6
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duros	6
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ebons	7
ephod	11
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estop	7
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euros	5
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hound	9
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oboes	7
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onset	5
oohed	9
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outro	5
pedro	8
pends	8
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phone	10
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photo	10
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phuts	10
poets	7
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poods	8
pooed	8
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ports	7
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probe	9
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puton	7
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redon	6
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runts	5
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senor	5
seton	5
setup	7
shend	9
shent	8
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shred	9
shrub	10
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snoot	5
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sober	7
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sooth	8
sopor	7
sored	6
sound	6
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spurt	7
steno	5
stern	5
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suber	7
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super	7
tends	6
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tenor	5
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thens	8
thesp	10
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tondo	6
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tones	5
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toons	5
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tophe	10
tophs	10
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toros	5
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udons	6
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unset	5
updos	8
upend	8
upset	7
uredo	6
urped	8
usher	8
hundo	9
noobs	7
pheos	10

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bentos	8
berths	11
bestud	9
betons	8
bhoots	11
bonder	9
boners	8
booted	9
booths	11
borons	8
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bourne	8
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busher	11
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butohs	11
debtor	9
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dehort	10
deport	9
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depths	12
desorb	9
despot	9
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donuts	7
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doubts	9
douser	7
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droops	9
drouth	10
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dupers	9
duster	7
enduro	7
enroot	6
ephods	12
ephors	11
erupts	8
ethnos	9
herons	9
hoboed	12
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honers	9
honest	9
honors	9
honour	9
hooped	12
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hordes	10
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horste	9
hosted	10
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nestor	6
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person	8
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phones	11
phonos	11
photon	11
photos	11
ponder	9
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poohed	12
pornos	8
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ported	9
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pothos	11
pounds	9
poured	9
pouted	9
pouter	8
presto	8
probed	11
probes	10
pronto	8
prosed	9
proton	8
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pruned	9
prunes	8
pseudo	9
punted	9
punter	8
puntos	8
purest	8
pursed	9
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pusher	11
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reboot	8
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redout	7
redtop	9
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rodent	7
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roused	7
routed	7
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senhor	9
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shroud	10
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snored	7
sonder	7
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sprent	8
sprout	8
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strobe	8
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sunbed	9
sunder	7
superb	10
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tensor	6
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thorpe	11
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throes	9
throne	9
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unroot	6
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upsend	9
upsent	8
upshot	11
uptore	8
uptorn	8
uredos	7
uropod	9
hundos	10
proned	9
prones	8
repost	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bedpost	12
benthos	12
beshout	12
bethorn	12
bonders	10
boosted	10
booster	9
bothers	12
bounder	10
bourdon	10
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bunters	9
burdens	10
burnets	9
bursted	10
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debtors	10
dehorns	11
dehorts	11
deports	10
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dourest	8
dropout	10
drouths	11
dubstep	12
duotone	8
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enroots	7
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honours	10
hoopers	12
hoopoes	12
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hornets	10
hotbeds	13
hotrods	11
hotspur	12
hounder	11
hunters	10
obentos	9
obtrude	10
obtunds	10
obtuser	9
odorous	8
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onshore	10
oospore	9
operons	9
orotund	8
outbred	10
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outrode	8
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phoners	12
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ponders	10
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postern	9
posture	9
potherb	14
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pushrod	13
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respond	10
rodents	8
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rosebud	10
rousted	8
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shorted	11
shorten	10
shouted	11
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shunted	11
shunter	10
snooped	10
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snooted	8
snorted	8
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sonhood	11
soothed	11
soother	10
sorbent	9
sounder	8
southed	11
souther	10
spooned	10
spooner	9
spoored	10
sported	10
spouted	10
spouter	9
spurned	10
spurted	10
stooped	10
stooper	9
strobed	10
strophe	12
subrent	9
subtend	10
subtone	9
tenours	7
theorbo	12
thorned	11
thorons	10
thorpes	12
throned	11
thrones	10
thunder	11
tonsure	7
torpedo	10
trooped	10
trouped	10
troupes	9
undoers	8
undrest	8
unhoods	11
unhoped	13
unhorse	10
unposed	10
unrobed	10
unrobes	9
unroots	7
unroped	10
unropes	9
unsober	9
upborne	11
uphroes	12
uproots	9
upshoot	12
upstood	10
uptrend	10
uropods	10
redbush	13

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
beshroud	14
bethorns	13
bounders	11
bourdons	11
burnoose	10
burstone	10
burthens	13
doorpost	11
doorstep	11
doorstop	11
doubters	11
dropouts	11
dropshot	14
duotones	9
enshroud	12
honoured	12
hoopster	13
hornpout	13
hounders	12
housetop	13
obtrudes	11
oreodont	9
outdoers	9
outdoors	9
outdrops	11
outshone	11
outsnore	8
outspend	11
portends	11
postburn	12
postured	11
potbound	13
potherbs	15
pothouse	13
potsherd	14
pounders	11
prebound	13
protends	11
proudest	11
rebounds	11
redoubts	11
roundest	9
southern	11
southron	11
sprouted	11
subdepot	13
suborned	11
subtrend	11
superhot	13
theorbos	13
theropod	14
thunders	12
tonsured	9
torpedos	11
unbooted	11
unhorsed	12
unposted	11
unprobed	13
unrooted	9
unsorted	9
uprooted	11
uptrends	11

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
burnoosed	12
hornpouts	14
oreodonts	10
outsnored	10
ponderous	12
poorhouse	14
theropods	15
tournedos	10
undershot	13

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
personhood	16
undershoot	14

13 Letters	Scrabble® Points
boustrophedon	21