bonspiel
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of bonspiel
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A tournament in the sport of curling.
“[…] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word, or gave another glance at the bonspiel, though there was the finest fun amang the curlers ever was seen; […]”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Scots bonspiel, from Middle Scots bonspele, possibly from Dutch bond (“league”) + spel (“game”).
Words you can make from bonspiel
200+ playable · top: EPSILON (9 pts)
Best play epsilon 9 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
55 words- BLIPS 9 pts
- PLEBS 9 pts
- BELON 7 pts
- BILES 7 pts
- BINES 7 pts
- BISON 7 pts
- BOILS 7 pts
- BOLES 7 pts
- BONES 7 pts
- EBONS 7 pts
- INSPO 7 pts
- LIPOS 7 pts
- LOBES 7 pts
- LOPES 7 pts
- NOBLE 7 pts
- OBELI 7 pts
- OPENS 7 pts
- OPINE 7 pts
- OPSIN 7 pts
- PEINS 7 pts
- PELON 7 pts
- PENIS 7 pts
- PEONS 7 pts
- PILES 7 pts
- PINES 7 pts
- PIONS 7 pts
- PLEON 7 pts
- PLIES 7 pts
- POISE 7 pts
- POLES 7 pts
- POLIS 7 pts
- PONES 7 pts
- SLIPE 7 pts
- SLOPE 7 pts
- SNIPE 7 pts
- SPEIL 7 pts
- SPIEL 7 pts
- SPILE 7 pts
- SPINE 7 pts
- SPOIL 7 pts
- ELOIN 5 pts
- ENOLS 5 pts
- EOSIN 5 pts
- LENIS 5 pts
- LENOS 5 pts
- LIENS 5 pts
- LINES 5 pts
- LINOS 5 pts
- LIONS 5 pts
- LOINS 5 pts
- NOELS 5 pts
- NOILS 5 pts
- NOISE 5 pts
- OLEIN 5 pts
- SOLEI 5 pts
4-letter words
90 words- BLIP 8 pts
- BOPS 8 pts
- PLEB 8 pts
- BELS 6 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BILE 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BINS 6 pts
- BIOS 6 pts
- BISE 6 pts
- BLIN 6 pts
- BOIL 6 pts
- BOLE 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- EPOS 6 pts
- LIBS 6 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPO 6 pts
- LIPS 6 pts
- LISP 6 pts
- LOBE 6 pts
- LOBS 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- LOPS 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
- NIBS 6 pts
- NIPS 6 pts
- NOBS 6 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- OBIS 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- OPES 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PENS 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- PESO 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PINS 6 pts
- PION 6 pts
- PISO 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- POIS 6 pts
- POLE 6 pts
- POLS 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- PONS 6 pts
- POSE 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SLIP 6 pts
- SLOB 6 pts
- SLOP 6 pts
- SNIB 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SNOB 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINO 4 pts
- LINS 4 pts
- LION 4 pts
- LOIN 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- NILS 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOIL 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- OILS 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- SILO 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOIL 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
- SOLI 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- BOP 7 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIS 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- LOB 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- NOB 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- OPS 5 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
Hooks
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