BAUR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. BAUR is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BAUR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAUR is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
baursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAUR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BAUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BAUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A joke or a humorous anecdote.
A baur is simply a good joke or funny story, a Scots word also spelled bawr. It is most often heard in the phrase a rare baur, meaning a particularly good joke, told about someone after the fact.
How BAUR is used
Scots dialect; found in dialogue and older Scottish writing.
- He told the baur with such a straight face that no one laughed at first.
- That's a rare baur, the old man chuckled.
- She repeated the baur at every family gathering.
- The comedian's best baur came near the end of the show.
- A good baur can lighten even the gloomiest evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAUR
The 4 tiles of BAUR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAUR
1 longer words begin with BAUR.
Words with BAUR inside
2 words contain BAUR in the middle. Words that start with BAUR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAUR
Common questions about BAUR
- Is BAUR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BAUR is not in it.
- How many points is BAUR worth?
- BAUR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAUR mean?
- A joke or a humorous anecdote.
- What letters can be added to BAUR?
- BAUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BAUR:
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