BOURTREE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BOURTREE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOURTREE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOURTREE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOURTREE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bourtreesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BOURTREE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BOURTREE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BOURTREE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BOURTREE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
The elder, a small European tree or shrub with white flowers and dark berries.
In Scotland and northern England bourtree was a household word, and folk belief held that a bourtree near the door kept witches away. The berries and flowers have long been used for wine and cordials.
How BOURTREE is used
Chiefly Scots and northern dialect, found in folk tales and local speech.
- An old bourtree grew beside the cottage gate.
- Grandmother made wine from the ripe bourtree berries.
- The village children cut whistles from a branch of bourtree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOURTREE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOURTREE
1 longer words begin with BOURTREE.
Shorter words from the letters in BOURTREE
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Common questions about BOURTREE
- Is BOURTREE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOURTREE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOURTREE worth?
- BOURTREE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOURTREE mean?
- The elder, a small European tree or shrub with white flowers and dark berries.
- What letters can be added to BOURTREE?
- BOURTREE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BOURTREE:
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