FURBISH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FURBISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FURBISH?
| 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 FURBISH is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FURBISH
No single letter turns FURBISH into another word.
How FURBISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FURBISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does FURBISH mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To clean, polish or renovate something old so that it looks fresh and bright again.
Furbish originally meant rubbing metal until it shone, as when a soldier cleaned a sword. Today it is mostly used for restoring tired buildings, rooms and reputations. It is a little more formal than spruce up or do up.
How FURBISH is used
Furbish usually takes an object such as a room, a sword or an old piece of furniture.
- They hired painters to furbish the old hotel.
- He spent the weekend to furbish the antique clock.
- The squire had his rusty armour furbished for the feast.
- The council plans to furbish the town hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FURBISH and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FURBISH
5 longer words begin with FURBISH.
Shorter words from the letters in FURBISH
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Common questions about FURBISH
- Is FURBISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FURBISH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FURBISH worth?
- FURBISH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FURBISH mean?
- To clean, polish or renovate something old so that it looks fresh and bright again.
- What letters can be added to FURBISH?
- No single letter can be added to FURBISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FURBISH:
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