BUTEO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BUTEO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTEO?
| 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 BUTEO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTEO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buteosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTEO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUTEO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What does BUTEO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A broad-winged, soaring hawk of the group that includes the common buzzard and the red-tailed hawk.
A buteo is built for gliding on rising currents of warm air rather than for fast chasing flight, so it is often seen circling high overhead with wings held steady. Ornithologists use buteo both as the scientific genus name and, less formally, as an everyday word for any hawk of this broad-winged, soaring type.
How BUTEO is used
Used mainly in birdwatching and ornithology to describe broad-winged soaring hawks.
- A lone buteo circled slowly above the open field.
- Birdwatchers identified the shape as a buteo rather than a falcon.
- The red-tailed hawk is probably the best known buteo in North America.
- A buteo relies on rising warm air to stay aloft with little effort.
- The guidebook grouped several broad-winged species under the buteo family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTEO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUTEO
3 longer words begin with BUTEO.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTEO
Common questions about BUTEO
- Is BUTEO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTEO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTEO worth?
- BUTEO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTEO mean?
- A broad-winged, soaring hawk of the group that includes the common buzzard and the red-tailed hawk.
- What letters can be added to BUTEO?
- BUTEO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUTEO:
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