SURREBUTTER is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SURREBUTTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURREBUTTER?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURREBUTTER is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURREBUTTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
surrebuttersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SURREBUTTER scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SURREBUTTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SURREBUTTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SURREBUTTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
In old common-law procedure, the plaintiff's answer to the defendant's rebutter.
The surrebutter came late in the chain of pleadings, after complaint, defence, reply, and rejoinder. Such formal exchanges were simplified by later reforms, so the word survives mainly in legal history.
How SURREBUTTER is used
Surrebutter is an old legal term met in histories of procedure.
- The plaintiff filed a surrebutter to the defendant's rebutter.
- A surrebutter was the next step in the old pleading sequence.
- Students of legal history learn what a surrebutter was.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURREBUTTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SURREBUTTER
1 longer words begin with SURREBUTTER.
Shorter words from the letters in SURREBUTTER
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Common questions about SURREBUTTER
- Is SURREBUTTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURREBUTTER, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURREBUTTER worth?
- SURREBUTTER is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURREBUTTER mean?
- In old common-law procedure, the plaintiff's answer to the defendant's rebutter.
- What letters can be added to SURREBUTTER?
- SURREBUTTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SURREBUTTER:
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