BURGH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BURGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURGH?
| 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 BURGH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
burghsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BURGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does BURGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotshistorical
A Scottish town granted a charter giving it trading rights and its own local government.
A burgh was historically a Scottish settlement given special trading privileges and a measure of self-government by a royal or other charter, setting it apart from ordinary villages nearby. The old system produced categories such as royal burghs and burghs of barony, each carrying different privileges, until twentieth-century local government reform swept the structure away. The word survives today mainly in place names, in Edinburgh and similar city names, and in historical and legal writing about Scotland. Outside Scotland, English speakers rarely use burgh in everyday conversation.
How BURGH is used
Chiefly Scottish and historical; met in place names, historical accounts and legal texts about Scottish local government.
- The town was made a royal burgh in the fifteenth century.
- Records from the old burgh list every trader by name.
- Local historians study how each burgh governed itself.
- The charter granted the burgh the right to hold a market.
- Edinburgh takes the second half of its name from burgh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BURGH
The 5 tiles of BURGH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BURGH
6 longer words begin with BURGH.
Shorter words from the letters in BURGH
Common questions about BURGH
- Is BURGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURGH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURGH worth?
- BURGH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURGH mean?
- A Scottish town granted a charter giving it trading rights and its own local government.
- What letters can be added to BURGH?
- BURGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BURGH:
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