BURB is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BURB 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 BURB?
| 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 BURB is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
burbsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BURB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 163,384.
What does BURB mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A suburb — the short form.
Burb is clipped from the end of the longer word rather than the beginning, which is unusual in English. It is nearly always used in the plural and nearly always with mild contempt.
How BURB is used
Countable, usually plural. Informal.
- Out in the burbs where nothing opens after six.
- The word burb is clipped from the end, not the start.
- Two burbs merged into one township.
- Burb is nearly always plural.
- A burb is named with mild contempt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BURB
13 longer words begin with BURB.
Words ending in BURB
2 words end in BURB. Useful as a back hook: play BURB onto a word already on the board.
Words with BURB inside
24 words contain BURB in the middle. Words that start with BURB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BURB
Common questions about BURB
- Is BURB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURB, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURB worth?
- BURB is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURB mean?
- A suburb — the short form.
- What letters can be added to BURB?
- BURB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BURB:
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