BURTON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BURTON 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 BURTON?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BURTON is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
burtonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BURTON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BURTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does BURTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A small tackle of two or more pulley blocks used on ships for hoisting or tightening ropes.
A burton lets a small crew move a heavy load, such as cargo or a spar, by running a rope through two or more blocks so that pulling gently at one end produces much greater force at the other. Older sailing manuals describe several patterns of burton for different jobs on deck and in the rigging. The word also survives in the British informal phrase gone for a burton, meaning lost, ruined, or killed; the origin of the phrase is disputed, but the underlying tackle sense is the older and more literal one.
How BURTON is used
A specialised nautical term for ship's rigging; also survives in the British informal phrase gone for a burton, meaning lost or ruined.
- Sailors rigged a burton to haul the heavy crate aboard.
- The mast could not be raised without a proper burton.
- He tightened the burton before the storm hit.
- Old sailing manuals describe several kinds of burton for cargo work.
- If the plan fails now, the whole scheme has gone for a burton.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BURTON
1 longer words begin with BURTON.
Shorter words from the letters in BURTON
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Common questions about BURTON
- Is BURTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURTON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURTON worth?
- BURTON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURTON mean?
- A small tackle of two or more pulley blocks used on ships for hoisting or tightening ropes.
- What letters can be added to BURTON?
- BURTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BURTON:
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