BURLEY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BURLEY 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 BURLEY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURLEY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURLEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
burleysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURLEY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BURLEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does BURLEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A light-coloured, thin-leaved tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky; also, in Australia, bait scattered on water to draw fish.
Burley tobacco is air-cured in barns rather than heated, which gives a mild leaf that takes flavouring well and is widely used in cigarettes and pipe blends. It is one of the main crops of Kentucky and nearby states. The second meaning, a mix of crushed fish or bread thrown on the water to attract catch, is an Australian variant of berley and is unrelated to the tobacco.
How BURLEY is used
Agricultural and tobacco-trade term; the fishing sense is Australian.
- The farm has grown burley for three generations.
- Rows of burley hung drying in the barn.
- The blend mixes burley with a darker leaf.
- He tossed a handful of burley over the side to draw the fish.
- A burley crop needs warm, damp summers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURLEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BURLEY
5 longer words begin with BURLEY.
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Common questions about BURLEY
- Is BURLEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURLEY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURLEY worth?
- BURLEY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURLEY mean?
- A light-coloured, thin-leaved tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky; also, in Australia, bait scattered on water to draw fish.
- What letters can be added to BURLEY?
- BURLEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BURLEY:
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