BUREAU is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BUREAU 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 BUREAU?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUREAU is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUREAU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUREAU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUREAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What stands out about BUREAU
- BUREAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BUREAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A writing desk with drawers, or by extension an office or government department that handles a particular kind of business.
A bureau began as a piece of furniture: a desk with drawers for keeping papers, and in some countries the word still means a chest of drawers for clothes. From the desk where officials wrote and filed documents, bureau came to mean the office itself, and then the department or agency housed there, as in a travel bureau or a bureau of statistics. Both senses stay current side by side, so the same word can point to a piece of furniture in a bedroom or to a whole branch of government.
How BUREAU is used
Common in both furniture contexts, as a desk or chest of drawers, and in administrative contexts, as in a government bureau or a tourist bureau.
- She kept old letters locked in the top drawer of the bureau.
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation traces its history back over a century.
- He works at the local tourist bureau, helping visitors plan their trips.
- The antique bureau in the hallway once belonged to her grandmother.
- Each bureau chief reports directly to the head of the department.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUREAU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUREAU
23 longer words begin with BUREAU.
Shorter words from the letters in BUREAU
Common questions about BUREAU
- Is BUREAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUREAU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUREAU worth?
- BUREAU is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUREAU mean?
- A writing desk with drawers, or by extension an office or government department that handles a particular kind of business.
- What letters can be added to BUREAU?
- BUREAU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUREAU:
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