BUTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BUTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTLE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does BUTLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To work as a butler, especially serving food and drink and attending to a household needs.
Butle is a playful back formation from butler, treating the noun as if it contained an ordinary verb ending, in the same way that edit was formed from editor. It is used mostly in casual or humorous writing rather than in formal descriptions of domestic service.
How BUTLE is used
An informal, sometimes humorous verb, rarely used outside casual writing about household staff.
- He joked that he had to butle for his in-laws over the holidays.
- She learned to butle properly after years of watching the head servant.
- The agency trains young staff to butle at formal dinners.
- He butled for a wealthy family for over a decade.
- Someone has to butle at the reception tonight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUTLE
The 5 tiles of BUTLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUTLE
12 longer words begin with BUTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTLE
Common questions about BUTLE
- Is BUTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTLE worth?
- BUTLE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTLE mean?
- To work as a butler, especially serving food and drink and attending to a household needs.
- What letters can be added to BUTLE?
- BUTLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUTLE:
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