BUSHY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BUSHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSHY?
| 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 BUSHY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSHY
No single letter turns BUSHY into another word.
How BUSHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUSHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.
What does BUSHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Growing thickly like a bush, or covered with thick, spreading growth.
Bushy describes hair, fur, foliage, or plant growth that is dense and spreads outward rather than lying flat or sparse. It is most often applied to eyebrows, beards, and tails, giving an immediate visual sense of thickness and volume. The word can also describe land covered densely with bushes and shrubs rather than open ground or tall trees. Bushy comes directly from bush with the common adjective ending -y, following the same pattern as leafy or woody.
How BUSHY is used
Very common in physical description, especially of eyebrows, beards, tails, and vegetation.
- The professor had thick, bushy eyebrows that met in the middle.
- The squirrel flicked its bushy tail as it climbed the tree.
- A bushy beard covered most of his face.
- The trail wound through bushy scrubland before reaching the river.
- Her bushy hair sprang out from under the hat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSHY
Common questions about BUSHY
- Is BUSHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSHY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSHY worth?
- BUSHY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSHY mean?
- Growing thickly like a bush, or covered with thick, spreading growth.
- What letters can be added to BUSHY?
- No single letter can be added to BUSHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUSHY:
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