BURSA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BURSA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURSA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURSA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURSA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURSA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BURSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about BURSA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BURSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small, fluid-filled sac located near a joint that cushions and reduces friction between bone, muscle, tendon, or skin.
A bursa acts like a small cushion, letting tissues glide smoothly over one another instead of rubbing directly during movement. Repeated pressure or overuse can inflame a bursa, a painful condition doctors call bursitis, commonly affecting the shoulder, elbow, or knee. The human body contains many bursae positioned wherever tendons or muscles pass close to bone.
How BURSA is used
A term from anatomy and medicine, most often mentioned in connection with joint pain and bursitis.
- Repeated kneeling had inflamed the bursa in his knee.
- The doctor explained how a bursa cushions the shoulder joint.
- Swelling around the elbow pointed to a damaged bursa.
- The scan showed fluid buildup inside the bursa.
- Athletes sometimes injure the bursa through overuse of a joint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURSA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BURSA
The 5 tiles of BURSA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BURSA
11 longer words begin with BURSA.
Words with BURSA inside
4 words contain BURSA in the middle. Words that start with BURSA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BURSA
Common questions about BURSA
- Is BURSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURSA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURSA worth?
- BURSA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURSA mean?
- A small, fluid-filled sac located near a joint that cushions and reduces friction between bone, muscle, tendon, or skin.
- What letters can be added to BURSA?
- BURSA takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BURSA:
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