BUSY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BUSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUSY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUSY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUSY
No single letter turns BUSY into another word.
How BUSY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BUSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does BUSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Occupied with work or activity.
Busy carries a vowel in writing that nobody says, exactly as one other common English word does. Both were fixed by printers who followed one region while the country said something else.
How BUSY is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative busier.
- A busy morning and nothing achieved by lunch.
- The word busy has a vowel nobody pronounces.
- Printers fixed the spelling of busy against the sound.
- Busy work is work that fills time and does nothing.
- Two busy periods and a very quiet month between.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUSY
The 4 tiles of BUSY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUSY
10 longer words begin with BUSY.
Words ending in BUSY
3 words end in BUSY. Useful as a back hook: play BUSY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUSY inside
3 words contain BUSY in the middle. Words that start with BUSY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUSY
Common questions about BUSY
- Is BUSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUSY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUSY worth?
- BUSY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUSY mean?
- Occupied with work or activity.
- What letters can be added to BUSY?
- No single letter can be added to BUSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BUSY:
Open BUSY in the Word Finder