BUCKSHOT is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BUCKSHOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUCKSHOT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUCKSHOT is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUCKSHOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buckshotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUCKSHOT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BUCKSHOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUCKSHOT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BUCKSHOT
- All 8 letters of BUCKSHOT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BUCKSHOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Large lead pellets fired from a shotgun, made for hunting big game such as deer.
Each shell of buckshot holds a handful of heavy pellets that spread out as they travel. They are much bigger than the birdshot used on ducks, and the name recalls the buck deer they were meant to bring down.
How BUCKSHOT is used
An uncountable noun in most contexts: a load of buckshot, a charge of buckshot.
- The hunter loaded his shotgun with buckshot before dawn.
- A few grains of buckshot were still lodged in the old fence post.
- Police warned that buckshot can travel farther than people expect.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUCKSHOT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUCKSHOT
1 longer words begin with BUCKSHOT.
Shorter words from the letters in BUCKSHOT
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Common questions about BUCKSHOT
- Is BUCKSHOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUCKSHOT, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUCKSHOT worth?
- BUCKSHOT is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUCKSHOT mean?
- Large lead pellets fired from a shotgun, made for hunting big game such as deer.
- What letters can be added to BUCKSHOT?
- BUCKSHOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BUCKSHOT:
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