BUDGERIGAR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BUDGERIGAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUDGERIGAR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUDGERIGAR is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUDGERIGAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
budgerigarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUDGERIGAR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BUDGERIGAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUDGERIGAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BUDGERIGAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small Australian parakeet, green and yellow in the wild, widely kept as a cage bird in many colours.
A budgerigar can learn to mimic words and short phrases. Wild flocks roam the Australian interior, while pet birds come in blue, white and yellow varieties.
How BUDGERIGAR is used
Budgerigar is the full name, often shortened to budgie in everyday speech.
- Our budgerigar whistles every morning at sunrise.
- A wild budgerigar is mostly green with yellow on the head.
- She taught the budgerigar to say her name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUDGERIGAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUDGERIGAR
1 longer words begin with BUDGERIGAR.
Shorter words from the letters in BUDGERIGAR
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Common questions about BUDGERIGAR
- Is BUDGERIGAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUDGERIGAR, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUDGERIGAR worth?
- BUDGERIGAR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUDGERIGAR mean?
- A small Australian parakeet, green and yellow in the wild, widely kept as a cage bird in many colours.
- What letters can be added to BUDGERIGAR?
- BUDGERIGAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BUDGERIGAR:
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