BURGOMASTER is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BURGOMASTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURGOMASTER?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURGOMASTER is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURGOMASTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
burgomastersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURGOMASTER scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BURGOMASTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BURGOMASTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BURGOMASTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
The chief magistrate or mayor of a town in the Netherlands, Flanders or the German-speaking lands.
The title is borrowed from Dutch and German and suggests a civic leader of the old continental type. English writers use burgomaster when they want a Dutch or German flavour that plain mayor would not give.
How BURGOMASTER is used
Found in historical writing and in translations from Dutch or German.
- The burgomaster opened the town hall to the visiting merchants.
- A portrait of the burgomaster hung above the council table.
- Every spring the burgomaster led the procession through the market.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURGOMASTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BURGOMASTER
1 longer words begin with BURGOMASTER.
Shorter words from the letters in BURGOMASTER
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Common questions about BURGOMASTER
- Is BURGOMASTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURGOMASTER, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURGOMASTER worth?
- BURGOMASTER is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURGOMASTER mean?
- The chief magistrate or mayor of a town in the Netherlands, Flanders or the German-speaking lands.
- What letters can be added to BURGOMASTER?
- BURGOMASTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BURGOMASTER:
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