BURGHAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BURGHAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURGHAL?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURGHAL is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURGHAL
No single letter turns BURGHAL into another word.
How BURGHAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BURGHAL, 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 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does BURGHAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Of or relating to a burgh, a Scottish town with its own local government.
Burghal appears in discussions of Scottish history, local law and town records. It is a precise, formal word rather than a casual one.
How BURGHAL is used
Burghal is used in historical and legal writing about towns.
- The burghal records date back to the fourteenth century.
- A burghal court settled the dispute.
- The scholar studied burghal life in medieval Scotland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURGHAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BURGHAL
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Common questions about BURGHAL
- Is BURGHAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURGHAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURGHAL worth?
- BURGHAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURGHAL mean?
- Of or relating to a burgh, a Scottish town with its own local government.
- What letters can be added to BURGHAL?
- No single letter can be added to BURGHAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BURGHAL:
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