BUSTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BUSTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSTLE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSTLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSTLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUSTLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUSTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What stands out about BUSTLE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BUSTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Excited, energetic activity, typically involving a lot of movement, noise, and people.
Bustle describes the busy, slightly chaotic feeling of a crowded market, a station at rush hour, or any place where many people are moving and working at once; the related verb to bustle means to move about in that same hurried, busy way. The word has a quite different second life in fashion history: a bustle was also a padded frame or cushion worn beneath a woman's skirt at the back, used in the nineteenth century to give the skirt extra fullness. The two senses, noisy activity and a piece of underclothing, share no real connection beyond the single word.
How BUSTLE is used
Common in descriptions of busy places such as markets or stations; historically also the name of a padded undergarment worn beneath a woman's skirt.
- The station was full of bustle as commuters rushed for their trains.
- She loved the bustle of the morning market.
- Beneath the gown, a stiff bustle gave the skirt its fashionable shape.
- He bustled through the crowd, apologising as he went.
- After the holidays, the shop returned to its usual quiet bustle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUSTLE
The 6 tiles of BUSTLE in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with BUSTLE
4 longer words begin with BUSTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSTLE
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Common questions about BUSTLE
- Is BUSTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSTLE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSTLE worth?
- BUSTLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSTLE mean?
- Excited, energetic activity, typically involving a lot of movement, noise, and people.
- What letters can be added to BUSTLE?
- BUSTLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUSTLE:
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