What BUCKRAM Means
- noun: a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
- verb: stiffen with or as with buckram“buckram the skirt”
- adjective: rigidly formal“a starchy manner”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BUCKRAM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 C3 K5 R1 A1 M3.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BUCKRAM
73 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (6)
4 letter words (29)
ARUMBACKBARKBARMBAUKBAURBRAKBUCKBURABURKCARBCARKCAUKCAUMCRABCRAMCURBKBARKRABMACKMARCMARKMUCKMURAMURKRACKRAKURUCKUMRA
3 letter words (28)
2 letter words (9)
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