BURAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BURAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURAN?
| 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 BURAN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buransChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BURAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about BURAN
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BURAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A violent, often blinding snowstorm driven by strong winds across the steppes of Russia and Central Asia, especially in winter.
A buran combines high wind with driving snow, cutting visibility to almost nothing across the open steppe and making travel dangerous within minutes. The word comes from Russian and is used mainly by geographers, travelers, and writers describing the harsh winter climate of that region. A similar dry, dust laden wind that strikes the same steppes in summer is sometimes given the same name.
How BURAN is used
A regional term from Russian and Central Asian geography, rarely used outside descriptions of that climate.
- Travelers were warned that a buran could strand them for days on the open steppe.
- The buran buried the small village under deep drifts of snow.
- Visibility dropped to nothing once the buran began to blow.
- Herders moved their animals to shelter before the buran struck.
- Old accounts describe villagers tying ropes between buildings during a buran.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BURAN
The 5 tiles of BURAN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BURAN
1 longer words begin with BURAN.
Shorter words from the letters in BURAN
Common questions about BURAN
- Is BURAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURAN worth?
- BURAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURAN mean?
- A violent, often blinding snowstorm driven by strong winds across the steppes of Russia and Central Asia, especially in winter.
- What letters can be added to BURAN?
- BURAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BURAN:
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