BURDENSOME is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BURDENSOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURDENSOME?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURDENSOME is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURDENSOME
No single letter turns BURDENSOME into another word.
How BURDENSOME scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BURDENSOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BURDENSOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BURDENSOME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Hard to bear because it is heavy, tiring or oppressive.
Taxes, duties and obligations are the usual things called burdensome. The sense is that they weigh on someone beyond what feels fair.
How BURDENSOME is used
Burdensome is common in legal, financial and everyday complaints about heavy demands.
- The paperwork became burdensome for small shops.
- She found the extra duties burdensome after her promotion.
- Critics called the regulation needlessly burdensome.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURDENSOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BURDENSOME
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Common questions about BURDENSOME
- Is BURDENSOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURDENSOME, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURDENSOME worth?
- BURDENSOME is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURDENSOME mean?
- Hard to bear because it is heavy, tiring or oppressive.
- What letters can be added to BURDENSOME?
- No single letter can be added to BURDENSOME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BURDENSOME:
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