BUREAUCRACY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BUREAUCRACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUREAUCRACY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUREAUCRACY is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUREAUCRACY
No single letter turns BUREAUCRACY into another word.
How BUREAUCRACY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BUREAUCRACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUREAUCRACY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BUREAUCRACY
- BUREAUCRACY 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 BUREAUCRACY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A system of administration run by appointed officials following many fixed rules and procedures, or the officials who make up such a system.
Bureaucracy is neutral in political science but usually carries complaint in daily talk, where it suggests slow forms, stamps and endless waiting. Every large state and company needs some bureaucracy to work at all.
How BUREAUCRACY is used
Often used critically, for slow, rule-bound administration.
- Getting the permit meant wading through months of bureaucracy.
- The ministry grew into a vast bureaucracy with thousands of clerks.
- Too much bureaucracy can smother a small business.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUREAUCRACY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUREAUCRACY
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Common questions about BUREAUCRACY
- Is BUREAUCRACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUREAUCRACY, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUREAUCRACY worth?
- BUREAUCRACY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUREAUCRACY mean?
- A system of administration run by appointed officials following many fixed rules and procedures, or the officials who make up such a system.
- What letters can be added to BUREAUCRACY?
- No single letter can be added to BUREAUCRACY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BUREAUCRACY:
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