FreeScrabbleDictionary

bowsprit

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbəʊspɹɪt/

Definition of bowsprit

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
    “There lay the Ghost, bow on to the beach, her splintered bowsprit projecting over the sand, her tangled spars rubbing against her side to the lift of the crooning waves. Something must be done, must be done.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

First attested in late 13th century. Probably borrowed from Middle Low German bochspret, from boch (“bow of a ship”) + spret (“pole”) (related to Old English spreot and English sprout).

Words you can make from bowsprit

174 playable · top: PROBITS (11 pts)

Best play probits 11 points

6-letter words

7 words

5-letter words

35 words

4-letter words

66 words

3-letter words

49 words

2-letter words

16 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to bowsprit to make another valid word.

Back

Find your best play with bowsprit

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

Find more plays Browse word lists