What BULWARK Means
- noun: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes“they stormed the ramparts of the city”
- noun: a fencelike structure around a deck
- verb: defend with a bulwark
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BULWARK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 L1 W4 A1 R1 K5.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BULWARK
64 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 (5)
4 letter words (28)
BALKBALUBARKBAUKBAURBAWLBAWRBLAWBLURBRAKBRAWBULKBURABURKBURLKBARKRABKULALARKLAWKLURKRAKUWALKWARBWARKWAUKWAULWAUR
3 letter words (23)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.