ARBUTEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ARBUTEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARBUTEAN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARBUTEAN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARBUTEAN
No single letter turns ARBUTEAN into another word.
How ARBUTEAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ARBUTEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARBUTEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARBUTEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to the arbutus, or strawberry tree.
Arbutean is a rare botanical adjective for anything that comes from or resembles the arbutus, an evergreen shrub with red berries. An arbutean flavour or colour would recall that tree's fruit, bark or wood.
How ARBUTEAN is used
Rare; found in botanical or literary texts.
- The arbutean shrub grows along the sunny cliffs.
- An arbutean reddish hue coloured the bark.
- He sketched an arbutean branch heavy with fruit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARBUTEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ARBUTEAN
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Common questions about ARBUTEAN
- Is ARBUTEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARBUTEAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARBUTEAN worth?
- ARBUTEAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARBUTEAN mean?
- Relating to the arbutus, or strawberry tree.
- What letters can be added to ARBUTEAN?
- No single letter can be added to ARBUTEAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ARBUTEAN:
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