BUBALINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUBALINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUBALINE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUBALINE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUBALINE
No single letter turns BUBALINE into another word.
How BUBALINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BUBALINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUBALINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BUBALINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Of or resembling a buffalo, or an antelope called the bubal.
Naturalists reached for bubaline when describing animals with the heavy build or horns of a buffalo. It is a learned word that rarely appears outside zoology and old natural history.
How BUBALINE is used
Appears in zoological descriptions of animals, usually as a modifier before a noun like horns or build.
- The explorer noted the bubaline horns of the strange beast.
- A bubaline head with a heavy brow hung on the museum wall.
- The guide sketched the bubaline outline of the distant herd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUBALINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUBALINE
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Common questions about BUBALINE
- Is BUBALINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUBALINE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUBALINE worth?
- BUBALINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUBALINE mean?
- Of or resembling a buffalo, or an antelope called the bubal.
- What letters can be added to BUBALINE?
- No single letter can be added to BUBALINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BUBALINE:
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