SACKBUT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SACKBUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SACKBUT?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SACKBUT is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SACKBUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sackbutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SACKBUT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SACKBUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does SACKBUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmusic
An early form of the trombone used in medieval and Renaissance music.
The sackbut has a slide like the modern trombone but a narrower bore and a softer tone. Early-music ensembles revive it for church and court repertoire. Its odd name appears in Renaissance inventories and in older English texts.
How SACKBUT is used
Sackbut is used in music history and by early-music performers.
- The sackbut blended gently with the choir.
- She learned to play the sackbut at a baroque academy.
- A sackbut and cornett opened the ceremony.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SACKBUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SACKBUT
The 7 tiles of SACKBUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SACKBUT
1 longer words begin with SACKBUT.
Shorter words from the letters in SACKBUT
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Common questions about SACKBUT
- Is SACKBUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SACKBUT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SACKBUT worth?
- SACKBUT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SACKBUT mean?
- An early form of the trombone used in medieval and Renaissance music.
- What letters can be added to SACKBUT?
- SACKBUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SACKBUT:
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