ARBUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ARBUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARBUTE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARBUTE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARBUTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arbutesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARBUTE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARBUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does ARBUTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
The strawberry tree, an evergreen shrub with rough red berries, or its wood.
Arbute is an older, chiefly literary name for the tree now usually called the arbutus or strawberry tree, prized for its shredding bark and berries that ripen alongside its flowers. Poets once reached for arbute because its short, plain sound fit English verse more easily than the longer Latin arbutus. The tree grows wild around the Mediterranean and, in one native form, in Ireland, and its berries are edible though mild and mealy rather than sweet. Writers describing an old garden or a southern European hillside sometimes still choose arbute for its slightly archaic flavour.
How ARBUTE is used
A literary and somewhat archaic name for the strawberry tree, less common now than arbutus.
- A row of arbute grew along the terraced garden.
- The poem describes an arbute heavy with red fruit.
- Bees worked the late flowers of the arbute all through autumn.
- He carved the small box from arbute wood.
- Wild arbute still grows on the western Irish coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARBUTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARBUTE
2 longer words begin with ARBUTE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARBUTE
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Common questions about ARBUTE
- Is ARBUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARBUTE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARBUTE worth?
- ARBUTE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARBUTE mean?
- The strawberry tree, an evergreen shrub with rough red berries, or its wood.
- What letters can be added to ARBUTE?
- ARBUTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARBUTE:
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