BUCHU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. BUCHU 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BUCHU?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUCHU is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUCHU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buchusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUCHU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUCHU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What does BUCHU mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanySouth African
A South African shrub whose dried, oil-rich leaves are used to make a medicinal, diuretic preparation.
Buchu grows wild across the Western Cape of South Africa, where indigenous communities dried its leaves for medicine long before European settlers arrived. Small glands on each leaf give buchu a strong, blackcurrant-like scent, which is also why the plant is now farmed for the perfume and flavouring industries. Herbalists have long brewed buchu into an infusion or tincture and used it as a diuretic for complaints of the urinary tract, though modern pharmacies mostly rely on synthetic alternatives now. The plant belongs to a genus in the citrus family, despite its shrubby appearance giving no hint of that relationship.
How BUCHU is used
A technical and historical term, met mainly in botany, herbal medicine, and the perfume trade rather than everyday conversation.
- Buchu leaves were dried and steeped to make an old Cape remedy.
- The perfume industry now buys buchu oil by the barrel.
- She brewed a cup of buchu tea for her upset stomach.
- Wild buchu still grows across the mountains of the Western Cape.
- The pharmacist explained that buchu was once the standard diuretic before synthetic drugs replaced it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUCHU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUCHU
1 longer words begin with BUCHU.
Shorter words from the letters in BUCHU
Common questions about BUCHU
- Is BUCHU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUCHU, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUCHU worth?
- BUCHU is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUCHU mean?
- A South African shrub whose dried, oil-rich leaves are used to make a medicinal, diuretic preparation.
- What letters can be added to BUCHU?
- BUCHU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUCHU:
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