BURY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BURY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BURY?
| 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 BURY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BURY
No single letter turns BURY into another word.
How BURY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BURY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does BURY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To place something in the ground.
Bury is spelled with one vowel and said with another, because a scribal habit from one region won out over the pronunciation of a different one. The spelling has never matched the sound.
How BURY is used
Buried, burying. Transitive only.
- They bury the cable rather than run it overhead.
- The word bury is spelled one way and said another.
- A scribal habit fixed the spelling of bury.
- Bury the difference and move on, said the chair.
- The spelling of bury has never matched its sound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BURY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BURY
The 4 tiles of BURY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BURY
1 longer words begin with BURY.
Words ending in BURY
6 words end in BURY. Useful as a back hook: play BURY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BURY inside
6 words contain BURY in the middle. Words that start with BURY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BURY
Common questions about BURY
- Is BURY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BURY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BURY worth?
- BURY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BURY mean?
- To place something in the ground.
- What letters can be added to BURY?
- No single letter can be added to BURY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BURY:
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