BUQSHA is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BUQSHA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUQSHA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUQSHA is to know. It scores 20 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUQSHA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buqshasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUQSHA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUQSHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does BUQSHA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small coin formerly used in Yemen, worth one fortieth of a riyal.
The buqsha belongs to a currency system that no longer exists in that form. It turns up mostly in coin catalogues and word lists.
How BUQSHA is used
Buqsha is found in numismatic writing about older Yemeni money.
- The collector kept an old buqsha in a velvet box.
- A buqsha was worth very little even then.
- The catalogue listed each buqsha by year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUQSHA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUQSHA
1 longer words begin with BUQSHA.
Shorter words from the letters in BUQSHA
Common questions about BUQSHA
- Is BUQSHA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUQSHA, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUQSHA worth?
- BUQSHA is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUQSHA mean?
- A small coin formerly used in Yemen, worth one fortieth of a riyal.
- What letters can be added to BUQSHA?
- BUQSHA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUQSHA:
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