THORNBUSH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. THORNBUSH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THORNBUSH?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THORNBUSH is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THORNBUSH
No single letter turns THORNBUSH into another word.
How THORNBUSH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in THORNBUSH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THORNBUSH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THORNBUSH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shrub or small tree whose branches are armed with sharp spines.
A thornbush is as much a barrier as a plant, and farmers have long planted one along a boundary to keep animals in or out. Wild ones often shelter small birds that nest safely among the spines.
How THORNBUSH is used
Used for any spiny shrub, in farming, gardening and travel writing about dry country.
- The goat got tangled in a thornbush at the edge of the field.
- A thornbush grew thick along the old stone wall.
- Birds nested deep inside the thornbush where cats could not reach.
- She caught her sleeve on a thornbush while crossing the dry hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THORNBUSH and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THORNBUSH
1 longer words begin with THORNBUSH.
Shorter words from the letters in THORNBUSH
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Common questions about THORNBUSH
- Is THORNBUSH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THORNBUSH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THORNBUSH worth?
- THORNBUSH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THORNBUSH mean?
- A shrub or small tree whose branches are armed with sharp spines.
- What letters can be added to THORNBUSH?
- No single letter can be added to THORNBUSH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of THORNBUSH:
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