BIRK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BIRK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIRK?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIRK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIRK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
birksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIRK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BIRK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does BIRK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A birch tree, in Scots usage.
Birk is the Scots form and the difference is exactly the one that separates kirk from church. Scots kept a hard sound where English softened it, and the pattern runs through both languages.
How BIRK is used
Countable: a birk, two birks. Scots.
- A birk on a hillside is the first tree to come back.
- The word birk stands to birch as kirk stands to church.
- Two birks by the burn and nothing else growing.
- Scots kept the hard sound that birk still has.
- A birk wood regenerates faster than anything planted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIRK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIRK
The 4 tiles of BIRK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BIRK
6 longer words begin with BIRK.
Shorter words from the letters in BIRK
Common questions about BIRK
- Is BIRK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIRK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIRK worth?
- BIRK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIRK mean?
- A birch tree, in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to BIRK?
- BIRK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BIRK:
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