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Buries

b 3u 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

verb · 6 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of bury

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does buries mean?

verb

  1. cover from sight

    “Afghani women buried under their burkas”

  2. place in a grave or tomb

    “Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square”

    Synonymsentombinhumeinterlay to rest

  3. place in the earth and cover with soil

    “They buried the stolen goods”

  4. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

    “The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”

    Synonymsimmerseswallowswallow upeat up

  5. embed deeply

    “She sank her fingers into the soft sand”

    Synonymssink

  6. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

    “I tried to bury these unpleasant memories”

    Synonymsforget

Definitions shown for bury, the base form of buries.

Is BURIES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is BURIES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
b 3u 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
b 4u 2r 1i 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

10 pts
b 4u 2r 1i 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
b 4u 2r 1i 1e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BURIES

Anagrams 3

bruisebusierrubies

Words that end like BURIES

Common words that share the ending -URIES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

furiesjuriesinjuriescenturiesluxuriesperjuriestreasuries
All words ending in -URIES

Buries: quick answers

Is BURIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. BURIES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is BURIES worth?
BURIES scores 8 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 10 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does buries mean?
buries is the third-person singular form of bury, which means “cover from sight”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BURIES?
You can make 69 shorter words from BURIES, such as BIERS, BIRSE, BREIS, BRIES. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of BURIES?
BURIES rearranges into BRUISE, BUSIER, RUBIES.