BURRFISH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BURRFISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURRFISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURRFISH is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURRFISH
No single letter turns BURRFISH into another word.
How BURRFISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BURRFISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BURRFISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BURRFISH mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A spiny, rounded fish of warm seas whose short spines stand permanently erect.
Unlike its relative the porcupine fish, a burrfish cannot fold its spines flat. It can still swell up with water when threatened.
How BURRFISH is used
Burrfish is a marine biology term for a spiny puffer relative.
- A burrfish hovered under the pier.
- The diver gently moved the burrfish away from the coral.
- Spines covered every inch of the burrfish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURRFISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BURRFISH
1 longer words begin with BURRFISH.
Shorter words from the letters in BURRFISH
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Common questions about BURRFISH
- Is BURRFISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURRFISH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURRFISH worth?
- BURRFISH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURRFISH mean?
- A spiny, rounded fish of warm seas whose short spines stand permanently erect.
- What letters can be added to BURRFISH?
- No single letter can be added to BURRFISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BURRFISH:
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