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BULRUSH

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BULRUSH Means

  1. noun: tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
  2. noun: tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BULRUSH is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 L1 R1 U1 S1 H4.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In BULRUSH

47 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.

5 letter words (12)

4 letter words (21)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (4)

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