Definitions For Boko

Noun

BOKO (plural BOKOs) (dated, West Midlands, originally, boxing) the nose.

Synonyms

See thesaurus:nose

Etymology

Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins: From beak, gloss=nose{{cite-book, url=http://books.google.com/books?id{{=}}JRuNMHNcu5cC&pg{{=}}PA474, title=Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang, author=Eric Partridge, year=2003, isbn=9781135795429, publisher=Routledge, page=474, text=}}{{cite-book, url=http://books.google.com/books?id{{=}}STv_AwAAQBAJ&pg{{=}}PA22, title=Words in Time and Place, author=David Crystal, publisher=Oxford University Press, year=2014, isbn=9780199680474, page=26, text=}} From {{der, en, fr, beaucoup, gloss=very much}} # beak, coconut, gloss1=nose From boke, gloss=point; thrust From poke, as in poke one's nose into

Anagrams

Koob, book, kobo

Is Boko a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Boko is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

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