SPURT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPURT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPURT?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPURT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPURT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spurtsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPURT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPURT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does SPURT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To gush out suddenly in a forceful stream, or to make a sudden, brief burst of increased speed or effort.
Liquid spurts when pressure forces it out abruptly rather than flowing steadily, as blood spurting from a wound or water spurting from a punctured hose, always suggesting a short, forceful burst rather than a slow trickle. Runners and cyclists spurt too, suddenly increasing their speed for a brief stretch of a race, often to overtake a rival or break away from a group before settling back to a steadier pace. As a noun, a spurt names either the sudden jet of liquid itself or that brief burst of extra effort, and the same word describes a child's growth spurt, a short period of unusually rapid physical growth. Spurt differs from a steadier verb such as flow or run by always implying suddenness and a limited duration, whether the subject is liquid, speed or growth.
How SPURT is used
Common in everyday speech both for liquid bursting out suddenly and for a short, sudden burst of speed, effort or growth.
- Water spurted from the hose the moment he turned the tap.
- The sprinter spurted ahead in the final hundred metres.
- Blood spurted briefly from the small cut before he applied pressure.
- She managed a late spurt of effort to finish the essay on time.
- The child went through a sudden growth spurt over the summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPURT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPURT
The 5 tiles of SPURT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPURT
7 longer words begin with SPURT.
Shorter words from the letters in SPURT
Common questions about SPURT
- Is SPURT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPURT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPURT worth?
- SPURT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPURT mean?
- To gush out suddenly in a forceful stream, or to make a sudden, brief burst of increased speed or effort.
- What letters can be added to SPURT?
- SPURT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPURT:
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