BUCKO is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BUCKO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUCKO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUCKO is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUCKO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buckosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUCKO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUCKO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.
What does BUCKO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalnautical
A blustering, swaggering fellow, or a familiar and sometimes challenging term of address to a man.
Bucko is used both as a description of a cocky, self-assured man and as a direct, faintly aggressive way of addressing someone, as in the warning listen here, bucko. It has long associations with sailors and rough dockside speech, where a bucko mate was an officer known for driving the crew hard. The tone is informal and can range from playful to confrontational depending on context, but it always carries a note of bravado. The word likely comes from buck used for a spirited young man, with the added ending giving it a jaunty, slangy feel.
How BUCKO is used
Informal, often used in direct address with a challenging or joking tone; historically linked to nautical slang.
- Watch yourself, bucko, or you will regret it.
- The old sailors spoke of a fearsome bucko mate on that ship.
- He strutted around the yard like a real bucko.
- Listen here, bucko, nobody talks to me like that.
- The bartender warned the bucko to settle down or leave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUCKO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUCKO
2 longer words begin with BUCKO.
Shorter words from the letters in BUCKO
Common questions about BUCKO
- Is BUCKO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUCKO, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUCKO worth?
- BUCKO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUCKO mean?
- A blustering, swaggering fellow, or a familiar and sometimes challenging term of address to a man.
- What letters can be added to BUCKO?
- BUCKO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUCKO:
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