BURSERA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BURSERA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURSERA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURSERA is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURSERA
No single letter turns BURSERA into another word.
How BURSERA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BURSERA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 308,788.
What does BURSERA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs that yield resin, gum and timber.
Botanists place the bursera trees in the family named after them. Their aromatic resin, known as elemi, has long been used in varnishes and incense.
How BURSERA is used
A scientific genus name, written in italics in botanical texts.
- The forest guide pointed out a peeling bursera with red bark.
- Resin from a bursera was burned as incense in the village.
- Several kinds of bursera grow on the dry coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURSERA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BURSERA
The 7 tiles of BURSERA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BURSERA
1 longer words begin with BURSERA.
Shorter words from the letters in BURSERA
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Common questions about BURSERA
- Is BURSERA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURSERA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURSERA worth?
- BURSERA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURSERA mean?
- A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs that yield resin, gum and timber.
- What letters can be added to BURSERA?
- No single letter can be added to BURSERA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BURSERA:
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