BUTTERNUT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BUTTERNUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTTERNUT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTTERNUT is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTTERNUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
butternutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTTERNUT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BUTTERNUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUTTERNUT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BUTTERNUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
An oily edible nut from a North American walnut tree, or the tree itself.
The butternut tree grows in eastern North America and has pale, soft wood popular with carvers. In kitchens the same name is used in butternut squash, a different plant with sweet orange flesh.
How BUTTERNUT is used
Butternut names either the tree and its nut or, in cooking, the winter squash.
- We gathered a basket of butternut from the old tree by the fence.
- The carver preferred butternut for its smooth, light wood.
- Butternut soup is a favourite on cold autumn evenings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTTERNUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUTTERNUT
The 9 tiles of BUTTERNUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUTTERNUT
1 longer words begin with BUTTERNUT.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTTERNUT
Showing 40 of 83. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about BUTTERNUT
- Is BUTTERNUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTTERNUT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTTERNUT worth?
- BUTTERNUT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTTERNUT mean?
- An oily edible nut from a North American walnut tree, or the tree itself.
- What letters can be added to BUTTERNUT?
- BUTTERNUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BUTTERNUT:
Open BUTTERNUT in the Word Finder