BUAZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. BUAZE 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BUAZE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUAZE is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUAZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buazesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUAZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUAZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does BUAZE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An African shrub whose bark yields a strong fibre used for cordage.
Buaze was harvested chiefly in parts of southern and eastern Africa, where the stripped bark provided a tough fibre that could be twisted into rope and string. This made the plant valuable to local trade before synthetic fibres became common.
How BUAZE is used
A specialist botanical and trade term, rarely seen outside reference works.
- Traders exported buaze fibre for use in ropemaking.
- The village grew buaze along the riverbank for its bark.
- Buaze rope was said to be stronger than ordinary hemp.
- Botanists catalogued buaze among the useful fibre plants of the region.
- Baskets were woven from strips of buaze bark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUAZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUAZE
1 longer words begin with BUAZE.
Shorter words from the letters in BUAZE
Common questions about BUAZE
- Is BUAZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BUAZE is not in it.
- How many points is BUAZE worth?
- BUAZE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUAZE mean?
- An African shrub whose bark yields a strong fibre used for cordage.
- What letters can be added to BUAZE?
- BUAZE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUAZE:
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