BUSHVELD is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BUSHVELD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSHVELD?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSHVELD is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSHVELD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bushveldsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUSHVELD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BUSHVELD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUSHVELD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BUSHVELD
- All 8 letters of BUSHVELD are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BUSHVELD mean in Scrabble?
noun
South African
A warm region of grassland dotted with bushes and thorny trees, found in southern Africa.
Bushveld is a landscape type, with scattered acacias and tall grass, rather than a single place. Capitalised, the Bushveld names a large area in north-eastern South Africa. It is known for safari reserves and wildlife.
How BUSHVELD is used
Bushveld is used in South African English and in wildlife and travel writing.
- Elephants wandered across the open bushveld at dusk.
- The lodge sits deep in the Limpopo bushveld.
- Thorn scrub dominates the bushveld in the dry season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSHVELD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUSHVELD
1 longer words begin with BUSHVELD.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSHVELD
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Common questions about BUSHVELD
- Is BUSHVELD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSHVELD, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSHVELD worth?
- BUSHVELD is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSHVELD mean?
- A warm region of grassland dotted with bushes and thorny trees, found in southern Africa.
- What letters can be added to BUSHVELD?
- BUSHVELD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BUSHVELD:
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