Is BUTTERFISH a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BUTTERFISH is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BUTTERFISH mean?
- noun
any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
- noun
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
- noun
slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
10
Letters
B (3) + U (1) + T (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) = 18 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BUTTERFISH
BUTTERFISH has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BUTTERFISH
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bushfire16
- furbish15
- furthest14
- turbeths13
- turbiths13
- shifter13
- thrifts13
- brutish12
- bushier12
- bushtit12
- fibster12
- fubsier12
- turbeth12
- turbith12
- fetish12
- firths12
- fisher12
- friths12
- sherif12
- shrift12
- thefts12
- thrift12
- turfiest11
- befits11
- berths11
- births11
- briefs11
- briths11
- burfis11
- busher11
- fibers11
- fibres11
- hubris11
- firth11
- fresh11
- frith11
- hefts11
- shift11
- theft11
- thief11
- tributes10
- fitters10
- fustier10
- hirsute10
- hitters10
- ruttish10
- shitter10
- shutter10
- surfeit10
- thetris10
- titfers10
- tithers10
- tufters10
- tuftier10
- befit10
- berth10
- beths10
- bhuts10
- birth10
- brief10
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