BATTUE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BATTUE 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 BATTUE?
| 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 BATTUE 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 BATTUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
battuesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BATTUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BATTUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does BATTUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
An organized hunt in which beaters drive game animals out of cover and toward waiting hunters.
The word battue comes from the French battre, to beat, describing the line of beaters who tramp through woodland banging sticks or waving flags to flush out pheasant, grouse, or other game so it flies toward the guns positioned ahead. This style of shoot, common on British and European country estates, lets hunters take large numbers of birds without moving far themselves, unlike walking up game across open ground. Critics have also used battue as a harsher word for any wholesale, one-sided slaughter, extending the hunting term well beyond its original sporting sense.
How BATTUE is used
Used mainly in writing about organized game shooting on British and European estates, and occasionally as a harsh figure of speech for indiscriminate killing.
- The estate held a battue every autumn for its pheasant shoot.
- Beaters advanced through the woods during the battue.
- Guests were placed in a line of butts for the battue.
- The writer compared the massacre to a battue of helpless animals.
- A well-run battue depends on beaters working in a steady line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATTUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BATTUE
The 6 tiles of BATTUE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BATTUE
1 longer words begin with BATTUE.
Shorter words from the letters in BATTUE
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Common questions about BATTUE
- Is BATTUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATTUE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATTUE worth?
- BATTUE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATTUE mean?
- An organized hunt in which beaters drive game animals out of cover and toward waiting hunters.
- What letters can be added to BATTUE?
- BATTUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BATTUE:
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