BUTUT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BUTUT 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 BUTUT?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTUT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bututsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUTUT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUTUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 418,264.
What does BUTUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A monetary unit of the Gambia, equal to one hundredth of a dalasi.
The butut functions the way a cent functions in a dollar, forming the small change used alongside the dalasi, the main unit of Gambian currency. Coins are issued in various butut denominations for everyday small purchases, though inflation has made the smallest of them rarely used in practice.
How BUTUT is used
A specialized term from currency and finance, encountered mainly in references to Gambian money.
- The market vendor gave change in a handful of butut coins.
- One hundred butut make up a single dalasi.
- Old coins worth a few butut are now hard to find in circulation.
- The price was listed in dalasi and butut on the receipt.
- He kept a small pile of butut coins as souvenirs from his trip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUTUT
1 longer words begin with BUTUT.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTUT
Common questions about BUTUT
- Is BUTUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTUT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTUT worth?
- BUTUT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTUT mean?
- A monetary unit of the Gambia, equal to one hundredth of a dalasi.
- What letters can be added to BUTUT?
- BUTUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUTUT:
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