BUDDLEIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUDDLEIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUDDLEIA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUDDLEIA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUDDLEIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buddleiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUDDLEIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BUDDLEIA, 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 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUDDLEIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BUDDLEIA
- BUDDLEIA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BUDDLEIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A widely grown shrub with long spikes of fragrant purple, white or yellow flowers that attract butterflies.
Gardeners plant buddleia for its scent and the swarms of butterflies it draws in late summer. It also seeds itself freely on wasteland and railway embankments, where it grows as a hardy weed.
How BUDDLEIA is used
Common in gardening talk and wildlife writing, often called the butterfly bush.
- A tall buddleia by the fence was covered in peacock butterflies.
- Wild buddleia had taken over the old railway cutting.
- Prune the buddleia hard in early spring to keep it flowering well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUDDLEIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUDDLEIA
The 8 tiles of BUDDLEIA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUDDLEIA
1 longer words begin with BUDDLEIA.
Shorter words from the letters in BUDDLEIA
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Common questions about BUDDLEIA
- Is BUDDLEIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUDDLEIA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUDDLEIA worth?
- BUDDLEIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUDDLEIA mean?
- A widely grown shrub with long spikes of fragrant purple, white or yellow flowers that attract butterflies.
- What letters can be added to BUDDLEIA?
- BUDDLEIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BUDDLEIA:
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