HAGBUSH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HAGBUSH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAGBUSH?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAGBUSH is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAGBUSH
No single letter turns HAGBUSH into another word.
How HAGBUSH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HAGBUSH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,527 thousand.
What stands out about HAGBUSH
- HAGBUSH 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 HAGBUSH mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
An early portable firearm, an arquebus.
The hagbush was a heavy matchlock gun carried by foot soldiers in the sixteenth century. It was loaded from the muzzle and fired by a burning cord, so it was slow compared with later guns. Only military historians and old texts still use the word.
How HAGBUSH is used
Hagbush is an archaic term in works on early firearms and Renaissance warfare.
- A soldier with a hagbush stood guard on the wall.
- The museum displays a hagbush next to a crossbow.
- Loading a hagbush took longer than most men could hold their nerve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAGBUSH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAGBUSH
1 longer words begin with HAGBUSH.
Shorter words from the letters in HAGBUSH
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Common questions about HAGBUSH
- Is HAGBUSH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAGBUSH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAGBUSH worth?
- HAGBUSH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAGBUSH mean?
- An early portable firearm, an arquebus.
- What letters can be added to HAGBUSH?
- No single letter can be added to HAGBUSH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HAGBUSH:
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