UNDERBUD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UNDERBUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNDERBUD?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNDERBUD is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNDERBUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
underbudsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNDERBUD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UNDERBUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UNDERBUD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UNDERBUD mean in Scrabble?
verb
botany
To produce fewer buds than a plant would normally be expected to bear.
A shrub that underbuds gives a thin show of flowers or leaves in the next season. Gardeners notice it after frost, drought or heavy pruning, and look for the cause.
How UNDERBUD is used
A rare gardening and botany verb, used when a tree or shrub fails to underbud as heavily as in a good year.
- The peach tree tends to underbud after a hard winter.
- If the roses underbud again, we will feed the soil.
- Poor light can make a young camellia underbud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNDERBUD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UNDERBUD
7 longer words begin with UNDERBUD.
Shorter words from the letters in UNDERBUD
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Common questions about UNDERBUD
- Is UNDERBUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNDERBUD, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNDERBUD worth?
- UNDERBUD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNDERBUD mean?
- To produce fewer buds than a plant would normally be expected to bear.
- What letters can be added to UNDERBUD?
- UNDERBUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UNDERBUD:
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