BURG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BURG 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 BURG?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURG is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BURG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does BURG mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A town or city, used informally especially in North American speech.
A burg can refer to any settlement, from a tiny rural village to a busy city, though the word is usually applied with a touch of humor or dismissiveness. Someone might call their hometown a sleepy burg to suggest that little ever happens there.
How BURG is used
Informal North American term, often used casually or half-jokingly.
- They grew up in a small burg outside Cleveland.
- This burg has only one traffic light.
- She could not wait to leave the quiet burg behind.
- Every burg along the highway looked the same to him.
- The reporter described the burg as sleepy and forgotten.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BURG
The 4 tiles of BURG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BURG
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with BURG.
Words ending in BURG
4 words end in BURG. Useful as a back hook: play BURG onto a word already on the board.
Words with BURG inside
24 words contain BURG in the middle. Words that start with BURG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BURG
Common questions about BURG
- Is BURG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURG, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURG worth?
- BURG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURG mean?
- A town or city, used informally especially in North American speech.
- What letters can be added to BURG?
- BURG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BURG:
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