BUCKU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. BUCKU 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BUCKU?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUCKU is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUCKU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buckusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUCKU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUCKU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,137 thousand.
What does BUCKU mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanySouth African
A South African shrub used in traditional medicine, better known by the spelling buchu.
Bucku names the same aromatic shrub as buchu, a low bush native to the Cape region of South Africa whose oily leaves have long been brewed or tinctured as a folk remedy for kidney and bladder complaints. The plant belongs to the genus Agathosma, related to citrus, and its strong, blackcurrant-like scent comes from the same leaves that give the remedy its bite. Bucku is simply the alternative spelling that word lists accept alongside buchu, not a different plant, and the two entries are treated as identical.
How BUCKU is used
Rare outside word lists; buchu is the spelling normally used in herbal and medical writing.
- Herbalists still sell bucku leaves as a kidney remedy.
- The tea was brewed from dried bucku leaves.
- Old Cape recipes for bucku brandy used the same shrub.
- Settlers learned about bucku from local healers at the Cape.
- The pharmacy label read bucku extract in small print.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUCKU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUCKU
1 longer words begin with BUCKU.
Shorter words from the letters in BUCKU
Common questions about BUCKU
- Is BUCKU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BUCKU is not in it.
- How many points is BUCKU worth?
- BUCKU is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUCKU mean?
- A South African shrub used in traditional medicine, better known by the spelling buchu.
- What letters can be added to BUCKU?
- BUCKU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUCKU:
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