BUTTERY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUTTERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTTERY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTTERY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTTERY
No single letter turns BUTTERY into another word.
How BUTTERY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BUTTERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 926,363.
What does BUTTERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A room in some colleges where food and drink are kept and sold to students.
At older British universities the buttery is a small college shop or serving hatch for snacks and drinks. The name comes from an older meaning, a pantry for storing butts of wine and other provisions, long before it became a student haunt.
How BUTTERY is used
Buttery as a noun belongs to British university life; as an adjective it means like butter.
- We bought tea and toast at the college buttery.
- The buttery opens at noon for hungry students.
- Barrels of ale were once kept in the buttery of the manor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTTERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTTERY
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Common questions about BUTTERY
- Is BUTTERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTTERY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTTERY worth?
- BUTTERY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTTERY mean?
- A room in some colleges where food and drink are kept and sold to students.
- What letters can be added to BUTTERY?
- No single letter can be added to BUTTERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BUTTERY:
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