BUTYROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BUTYROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUTYROUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUTYROUS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUTYROUS
No single letter turns BUTYROUS into another word.
How BUTYROUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BUTYROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BUTYROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BUTYROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raretechnical
Resembling or having the consistency of butter.
Old chemical and natural-history texts used it for soft, greasy substances that look or feel like butter. A butyrous deposit would smear easily rather than crumble.
How BUTYROUS is used
Rare; found mostly in older scientific writing.
- The mineral formed a butyrous coating on the rock.
- Early chemists described the butyrous residue in detail.
- It had a butyrous texture when warmed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUTYROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUTYROUS
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Common questions about BUTYROUS
- Is BUTYROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUTYROUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUTYROUS worth?
- BUTYROUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUTYROUS mean?
- Resembling or having the consistency of butter.
- What letters can be added to BUTYROUS?
- No single letter can be added to BUTYROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BUTYROUS:
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