THRUSH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. THRUSH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THRUSH?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THRUSH is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THRUSH
No single letter turns THRUSH into another word.
How THRUSH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THRUSH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What stands out about THRUSH
- THRUSH gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THRUSH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A songbird with a brownish back and spotted breast, or a yeast infection that causes white patches in the mouth.
As a bird the thrush is a familiar garden singer, and the song thrush is known for repeating each phrase of its song. The medical sense refers to an infection caused by a yeast of the Candida group, common in babies and in people who have used certain medicines. The two meanings are unrelated, and the context makes it clear which is meant.
How THRUSH is used
Bird sense is general; the infection sense appears in health and medical writing.
- A thrush sang from the top of the apple tree.
- The doctor said the baby had thrush and prescribed a gel.
- We found a thrush nest lined with mud in the hedge.
- The thrush cracked a snail against a stone.
- Antibiotics can sometimes lead to thrush.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THRUSH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THRUSH
2 longer words begin with THRUSH.
Shorter words from the letters in THRUSH
Common questions about THRUSH
- Is THRUSH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THRUSH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THRUSH worth?
- THRUSH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THRUSH mean?
- A songbird with a brownish back and spotted breast, or a yeast infection that causes white patches in the mouth.
- What letters can be added to THRUSH?
- No single letter can be added to THRUSH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THRUSH:
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