BUCKEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BUCKEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUCKEEN?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUCKEEN is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUCKEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buckeensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUCKEEN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BUCKEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,526 thousand.
What does BUCKEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irish
A poor young man in Ireland who imitates the manners and dress of the wealthy.
Buckeen was a mocking label in Anglo-Irish writing for a showy young man without money. It appears in novels from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
How BUCKEEN is used
Buckeen is historical and dismissive, and now survives mostly in literature.
- The squire laughed at the buckeen in a borrowed coat.
- Every buckeen in the town tried to look like a lord.
- The novel mocks a buckeen who spends his last coin on a hat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUCKEEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUCKEEN
1 longer words begin with BUCKEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in BUCKEEN
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Common questions about BUCKEEN
- Is BUCKEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUCKEEN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUCKEEN worth?
- BUCKEEN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUCKEEN mean?
- A poor young man in Ireland who imitates the manners and dress of the wealthy.
- What letters can be added to BUCKEEN?
- BUCKEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BUCKEEN:
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