BUSHBABY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BUSHBABY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSHBABY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSHBABY is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSHBABY
No single letter turns BUSHBABY into another word.
How BUSHBABY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BUSHBABY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 3 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. BUSHBABY needs 1 blank tile.
What does BUSHBABY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, big-eyed nocturnal African primate that lives in trees and leaps with great agility.
The bushbaby gets its name from a cry that sounds like a baby. Its large ears and eyes help it hunt insects in the dark.
How BUSHBABY is used
In English bushbaby is the everyday name; galago is the scientific one.
- A bushbaby peered down from the branch.
- The bushbaby sprang from tree to tree.
- We heard the cry of a bushbaby after dark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSHBABY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSHBABY
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Common questions about BUSHBABY
- Is BUSHBABY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSHBABY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSHBABY worth?
- BUSHBABY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSHBABY mean?
- A small, big-eyed nocturnal African primate that lives in trees and leaps with great agility.
- What letters can be added to BUSHBABY?
- No single letter can be added to BUSHBABY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BUSHBABY:
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