BUSTEE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BUSTEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSTEE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSTEE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSTEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
busteesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUSTEE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUSTEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does BUSTEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A crowded, poorly built settlement or slum area, especially in an Indian city.
Bustee comes from Hindi basti and was carried into English during the colonial period, where it settled into administrative and social writing about Indian cities. A bustee usually grows up on the edge of a town without formal planning, often lacking reliable water, sanitation, or electricity. The word appears mainly in reports, histories, and social studies of urban poverty rather than in everyday conversation.
How BUSTEE is used
Chiefly Indian English, used in social, administrative and historical writing about informal urban settlements.
- Aid workers set up a clinic at the edge of the bustee.
- The bustee had grown along the riverbank over several decades.
- City planners debated how to improve conditions in the bustee.
- Families in the bustee often lacked reliable water or electricity.
- The report used bustee to describe informal settlements across the city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSTEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUSTEE
1 longer words begin with BUSTEE.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSTEE
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Common questions about BUSTEE
- Is BUSTEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSTEE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSTEE worth?
- BUSTEE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSTEE mean?
- A crowded, poorly built settlement or slum area, especially in an Indian city.
- What letters can be added to BUSTEE?
- BUSTEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUSTEE:
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