BUDDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BUDDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUDDLE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUDDLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUDDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUDDLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUDDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does BUDDLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A shallow sloping trough or tray in which crushed ore is washed so that the heavy metal settles out.
Miners ran a stream of water over crushed rock in the buddle, and the heavier tin or lead particles stayed behind while the lighter waste was carried away. The device belongs especially to the old tin and lead mines of Cornwall and Wales. As a verb it means to wash ore in this way, and it lives on in the names of a few places.
How BUDDLE is used
A mining term, now mostly historical.
- The ore was washed in the buddle at the foot of the hill.
- Water trickled along the buddle and carried off the waste.
- A boy once tended each buddle at the mine.
- They buddle the crushed rock to recover the tin.
- The ruins of an old buddle can still be seen in the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUDDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUDDLE
4 longer words begin with BUDDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BUDDLE
Common questions about BUDDLE
- Is BUDDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUDDLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUDDLE worth?
- BUDDLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUDDLE mean?
- A shallow sloping trough or tray in which crushed ore is washed so that the heavy metal settles out.
- What letters can be added to BUDDLE?
- BUDDLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUDDLE:
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