BUGSHA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUGSHA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUGSHA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUGSHA is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUGSHA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bugshasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUGSHA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUGSHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does BUGSHA mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A former small unit of money in Yemen.
Yemeni shopkeepers once counted small change in this unit, and larger sums were reckoned in rials. The same coin is also written buqsha, and the spelling bugsha is mostly met in word lists rather than in everyday prose. It is a handy word for players who want a rare letter group.
How BUGSHA is used
Rare; found chiefly in Scrabble lists and older currency tables.
- He kept a single bugsha in a drawer as a curiosity.
- The price was quoted in rials and bugsha.
- A bugsha was worth very little even when it was in use.
- The coin dealer held up a worn bugsha for the buyer to see.
- The old table listed the bugsha beside the rial.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUGSHA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUGSHA
1 longer words begin with BUGSHA.
Shorter words from the letters in BUGSHA
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Common questions about BUGSHA
- Is BUGSHA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUGSHA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUGSHA worth?
- BUGSHA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUGSHA mean?
- A former small unit of money in Yemen.
- What letters can be added to BUGSHA?
- BUGSHA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUGSHA:
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