DISBUD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DISBUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISBUD?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISBUD is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISBUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
disbudsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISBUD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DISBUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about DISBUD
- DISBUD begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DISBUD mean in Scrabble?
verb
botany
To remove buds from a plant, or the budding horns from a young animal.
Gardeners disbud a plant to send its strength into the buds that are left, which then grow into larger flowers. Growers of chrysanthemums, dahlias and roses do this by pinching off the side buds. The same word is used on farms for the removal of the horn buds of calves and kids while they are very young.
How DISBUD is used
Used in gardening and in livestock care.
- She will disbud the dahlias to get one large bloom per stem.
- Growers disbud their roses for exhibition flowers.
- The vet came to disbud the young calves.
- You should disbud the side shoots early in the season.
- It is easier to disbud kids in their first week of life.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISBUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISBUD
3 longer words begin with DISBUD.
Shorter words from the letters in DISBUD
Common questions about DISBUD
- Is DISBUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISBUD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISBUD worth?
- DISBUD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISBUD mean?
- To remove buds from a plant, or the budding horns from a young animal.
- What letters can be added to DISBUD?
- DISBUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DISBUD:
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