What BURLING Means
BURLING is a form of BURL, which means:
- noun: the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer
- noun: a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
- verb: remove the burls from cloth
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BURLING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 R1 L1 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BURLING
80 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 (4)
5 letter words (10)
4 letter words (25)
BINGBIRLBLINBLURBRIGBRINBUNGBURGBURLBURNGIRLGIRNGLIBGRINGRUBGURLGURNIGLULINGLUNGNIRLNURLRINGRUINRUNG
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.