BUSH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BUSH 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 BUSH?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bushyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BUSH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BUSH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does BUSH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shrub; also, uncleared country.
Bush for wild country is Dutch in origin and reached English through South Africa and Australia separately. The two colonial uses arrived within a few decades of each other.
How BUSH is used
Countable and uncountable.
- The bush begins where the fence ends.
- The word bush for wild country is Dutch in origin.
- Australia and South Africa took bush separately.
- A bush telegraph carries news faster than a road.
- Two bushes of the same species and different shapes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUSH
The 4 tiles of BUSH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUSH
Showing 24 of 97 words that begin with BUSH.
Words ending in BUSH
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in BUSH. Useful as a back hook: play BUSH onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUSH inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain BUSH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BUSH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSH
Common questions about BUSH
- Is BUSH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSH worth?
- BUSH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSH mean?
- A shrub; also, uncleared country.
- What letters can be added to BUSH?
- BUSH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BUSH:
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