BURNIE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BURNIE 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 BURNIE?
| 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 BURNIE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURNIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
burniesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURNIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BURNIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does BURNIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A small stream or brook, especially in Scottish usage.
Burnie is a diminutive of burn, the ordinary Scots word for a stream, formed with the -ie ending that Scots often adds to make a word sound small or affectionate. A burnie is understood to be narrower and gentler than a burn proper, more like a trickle through a glen than a river. The word turns up often in place names and in writing about the Scottish countryside, where a burnie can swell suddenly into something much louder after heavy rain.
How BURNIE is used
Chiefly Scottish and northern English regional speech, used for a small brook rather than a large river.
- A burnie ran along the bottom of the glen.
- Children paddled in the cold burnie behind the cottage.
- The path followed a burnie down through the heather.
- After heavy rain, the little burnie became a rushing torrent.
- Local maps still mark the burnie by its old Gaelic name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURNIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BURNIE
The 6 tiles of BURNIE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BURNIE
1 longer words begin with BURNIE.
Shorter words from the letters in BURNIE
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Common questions about BURNIE
- Is BURNIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURNIE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURNIE worth?
- BURNIE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURNIE mean?
- A small stream or brook, especially in Scottish usage.
- What letters can be added to BURNIE?
- BURNIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BURNIE:
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