BUSKIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUSKIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSKIN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSKIN is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSKIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUSKIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUSKIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does BUSKIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalliterary
A high boot reaching to the calf or knee, especially the thick-soled boot worn by actors in classical tragedy.
In ancient Athens tragic actors wore thick-soled laced boots that raised their height and gave them a larger-than-life presence on stage. Because comic actors wore low shoes called socks, the buskin and the sock became shorthand for tragedy and comedy. Writers still use the buskin as a poetic symbol of serious drama, and the word also covers any sturdy boot that rises up the leg.
How BUSKIN is used
Literary and historical; often paired with sock to stand for tragedy against comedy.
- The actor strode across the stage in his tall buskin.
- She wore a laced buskin of soft leather for the hike.
- The poet spoke of putting on the buskin to write a tragedy.
- A single buskin, cracked with age, lay in the museum case.
- Sock and buskin are the two emblems of the theatre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSKIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUSKIN
4 longer words begin with BUSKIN.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSKIN
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Common questions about BUSKIN
- Is BUSKIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSKIN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSKIN worth?
- BUSKIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSKIN mean?
- A high boot reaching to the calf or knee, especially the thick-soled boot worn by actors in classical tragedy.
- What letters can be added to BUSKIN?
- BUSKIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUSKIN:
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