BURSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BURSAL 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 BURSAL?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURSAL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURSAL
No single letter turns BURSAL into another word.
How BURSAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BURSAL, 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 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does BURSAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or affecting a bursa, the small fluid-filled sac that cushions a joint or tendon.
A bursa sits between a bone and the tendon or skin that moves over it, reducing friction as a joint works; a bursal problem is one that involves that sac rather than the bone or muscle around it. Doctors use bursal most often when describing bursitis, the painful swelling that follows repeated pressure or minor injury to a bursa near the knee, elbow, or shoulder. The term stays within medical and anatomical writing and rarely appears outside a clinical description.
How BURSAL is used
Used mainly in medical and anatomical writing, as in bursal inflammation or bursal fluid.
- The scan revealed bursal swelling around the knee joint.
- Bursal inflammation is a common cause of shoulder pain.
- The surgeon drained the bursal fluid before closing the wound.
- Repeated kneeling can lead to chronic bursal irritation.
- The report described a bursal cyst near the elbow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURSAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BURSAL
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Common questions about BURSAL
- Is BURSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURSAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURSAL worth?
- BURSAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURSAL mean?
- Relating to or affecting a bursa, the small fluid-filled sac that cushions a joint or tendon.
- What letters can be added to BURSAL?
- No single letter can be added to BURSAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BURSAL:
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