BURIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BURIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURIAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURIAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURIAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
burialsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURIAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BURIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does BURIAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The act or ceremony of placing a dead body in the ground, a tomb, or the sea.
A burial usually follows a set of customs that differ from culture to culture, from the choice of grave or tomb to the words spoken over the body. It often forms part of a wider funeral, though the two words are not identical: the funeral is the whole occasion, the burial is the moment of laying the body to rest. The word also stretches figuratively, describing the moment when a plan, a proposal, or an old grievance is finally put to rest and no longer discussed.
How BURIAL is used
Used both for the literal ceremony of interring a body and, more loosely, for putting a definite end to something, as in the burial of a proposal.
- The burial took place at dawn, attended only by close family.
- Archaeologists uncovered an ancient burial site near the river.
- Local custom calls for a burial within three days of death.
- The committee treated the report's rejection as a quiet burial of the whole project.
- Soldiers were given a formal burial with full military honours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURIAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BURIAL
1 longer words begin with BURIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in BURIAL
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Common questions about BURIAL
- Is BURIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURIAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURIAL worth?
- BURIAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURIAL mean?
- The act or ceremony of placing a dead body in the ground, a tomb, or the sea.
- What letters can be added to BURIAL?
- BURIAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BURIAL:
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