BUSHWA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BUSHWA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSHWA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSHWA is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSHWA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUSHWA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUSHWA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does BUSHWA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
Rubbish or nonsense; talk that deserves no belief.
Anyone who calls a claim bushwa is rejecting it as foolish or false, usually with some amusement. The word belongs to American speech, where it works as a mild and slightly old-fashioned way of saying that something is nonsense. It makes a good companion to bunkum and humbug, although it is rarer than either.
How BUSHWA is used
Informal and chiefly North American; mild and a little dated in tone.
- The salesman told us a lot of bushwa about the engine.
- That story about a buried treasure is bushwa.
- Do not give me any bushwa about being too busy.
- He called the whole rumour bushwa and went back to work.
- Her grandfather had a habit of calling the news bushwa.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSHWA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUSHWA
10 longer words begin with BUSHWA.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSHWA
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Common questions about BUSHWA
- Is BUSHWA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSHWA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSHWA worth?
- BUSHWA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSHWA mean?
- Rubbish or nonsense; talk that deserves no belief.
- What letters can be added to BUSHWA?
- BUSHWA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUSHWA:
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