BOURGUIGNON is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BOURGUIGNON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOURGUIGNON?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOURGUIGNON is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOURGUIGNON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bourguignonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOURGUIGNON scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BOURGUIGNON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOURGUIGNON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOURGUIGNON mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Cooked in the style of Burgundy, especially stewed in red wine with onions and mushrooms.
The word comes from French cookery and is almost always met on a menu. A dish described as bourguignon is expected to be rich, dark and slow cooked. The best known example is beef stewed this way.
How BOURGUIGNON is used
Bourguignon usually follows a dish name, as in boeuf bourguignon, and is rarely used on its own.
- The restaurant served a beef bourguignon with buttered noodles.
- Bourguignon sauce needs a good red wine to taste right.
- He ordered the chicken bourguignon on a cold evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOURGUIGNON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOURGUIGNON
3 longer words begin with BOURGUIGNON.
Shorter words from the letters in BOURGUIGNON
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Common questions about BOURGUIGNON
- Is BOURGUIGNON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOURGUIGNON, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOURGUIGNON worth?
- BOURGUIGNON is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOURGUIGNON mean?
- Cooked in the style of Burgundy, especially stewed in red wine with onions and mushrooms.
- What letters can be added to BOURGUIGNON?
- BOURGUIGNON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BOURGUIGNON:
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