BUFFET is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BUFFET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUFFET?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUFFET is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUFFET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buffetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUFFET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUFFET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does BUFFET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A meal laid out on a table or counter from which guests help themselves, or the table, counter or sideboard where it is set out.
Hosts choose a buffet when they want guests to move around and serve themselves instead of sitting down to separate courses. The same word names a piece of dining-room furniture with shelves and drawers, and a counter or small restaurant at a station where light meals are sold. Spoken with a hard final t, buffet is also an older verb meaning to strike repeatedly, as wind and waves do to a ship.
How BUFFET is used
In the meal sense it is pronounced with a silent final t; in the sense of striking, the t is sounded.
- The hotel serves a hot breakfast buffet every morning.
- Guests queued along the buffet with their plates.
- The wedding reception was a cold buffet with salads and bread.
- A heavy oak buffet stood against the dining-room wall.
- They bought a sandwich from the station buffet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUFFET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUFFET
6 longer words begin with BUFFET.
Shorter words from the letters in BUFFET
Common questions about BUFFET
- Is BUFFET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUFFET, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUFFET worth?
- BUFFET is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUFFET mean?
- A meal laid out on a table or counter from which guests help themselves, or the table, counter or sideboard where it is set out.
- What letters can be added to BUFFET?
- BUFFET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUFFET:
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