BUILD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BUILD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUILD?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUILD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUILD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buildsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUILD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUILD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does BUILD mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something by putting parts or materials together, usually over a period of time.
Build covers everything from a single wall to an entire career, because the underlying idea — assembling something from smaller pieces until it stands on its own — works just as well for abstract things as for concrete ones. Its irregular past tense, built, has never regularized the way some old strong verbs eventually do. The related noun a build, meaning a person's physical shape or a particular version of software, is a much later development that keeps only the sense of something assembled.
How BUILD is used
Irregular: build, built, built. Also a countable noun, as in a slight build or the latest build of the software.
- They plan to build a new bridge across the river.
- She spent a decade building her reputation in the field.
- The crew hopes to build the whole wall before winter.
- He has the build of someone who rows every morning.
- The team pushed a new build of the software overnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUILD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUILD
The 5 tiles of BUILD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUILD
13 longer words begin with BUILD.
Words ending in BUILD
10 words end in BUILD. Useful as a back hook: play BUILD onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUILD inside
Showing 24 of 53 words that contain BUILD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BUILD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUILD
Common questions about BUILD
- Is BUILD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUILD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUILD worth?
- BUILD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUILD mean?
- To make something by putting parts or materials together, usually over a period of time.
- What letters can be added to BUILD?
- BUILD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUILD:
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