BULLA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BULLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BULLA?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BULLA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BULLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bullaeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BULLA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BULLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does BULLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A round seal, traditionally made of lead, attached to an official document such as a papal decree to prove it was genuine.
A bulla carried a design stamped into soft lead and was fastened to a cord running through the document itself, so that breaking the seal would show if the text had been tampered with. Papal decrees sealed this way came to be called bulls, taking their name directly from the bulla attached to them. In ancient Rome the same word also named a round amulet worn on a cord by freeborn children until they came of age.
How BULLA is used
Encountered mainly in the history of the medieval church and in discussions of Roman antiquities.
- Historians examined the lead bulla still attached to the ancient charter.
- The bulla bore an image of the two apostles on one side.
- Roman boys wore a bulla around the neck until they reached adulthood.
- A broken bulla suggested the document had been opened before delivery.
- The museum displayed a papal bulla found during the excavation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BULLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BULLA
6 longer words begin with BULLA.
Shorter words from the letters in BULLA
Common questions about BULLA
- Is BULLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BULLA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BULLA worth?
- BULLA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BULLA mean?
- A round seal, traditionally made of lead, attached to an official document such as a papal decree to prove it was genuine.
- What letters can be added to BULLA?
- BULLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BULLA:
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