Bogs
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts4 letters
Definition of Bogs
noun
- An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
- Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
- The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
- A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
- An act or instance of defecation.
verb
- (now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
- To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
- (now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
- To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
- (originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
noun
noun
- An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
- Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
- Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
"These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them."
- Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
- (chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
"The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3."
noun
Anagrams of Bogs
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
b3
o1
g2
s1
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Bogs
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Bogs"
Bogs is a 4-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "bogs" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Bogs" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "bogs" is a low-scoring word.