1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Burgher in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does burgher mean? Is burgher a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is burgher worth? burgher how many points in Words With Friends? What does burgher mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for burgher

See how to calculate how many points for burgher.

Is burgher a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word burgher is a Scrabble US word. The word burgher is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

B3U1R1G2H4E1R1

Is burgher a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word burgher is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

B3U1R1G2H4E1R1

Is burgher a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word burgher is a Words With Friends word. The word burgher is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4U2R1G3H3E1R1

Our tools

Valid words made from Burgher

Jump to...

Results

7-letter words (1 found)

BURGHER,

6-letter words (1 found)

BURGER,

5-letter words (6 found)

BRUGH,BURGH,GEBUR,HUGER,REGUR,URGER,

4-letter words (15 found)

BERG,BRER,BUHR,BURG,BURR,ERHU,EUGH,GRUB,GRUE,HERB,HUER,HUGE,RUBE,RUER,URGE,

3-letter words (25 found)

BEG,BRR,BRU,BUG,BUR,ERG,ERR,GER,GRR,GUB,GUE,GUR,HER,HUB,HUE,HUG,REB,REG,REH,RUB,RUE,RUG,UGH,URB,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,EH,ER,GU,HE,RE,UG,UH,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from burgher according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of burgher

burgher

Alternative forms

  • burger

Etymology

From Middle English burger, burgher, burghere, equivalent to burgh +‎ -er (“inhabitant of”). Likely merged with and reinforced by Middle Dutch burgher (Modern Dutch: burger); from Middle High German burger (Modern German: Bürger); from Old High German burgāri (“inhabitant of a fortress”); derivative of burg (“fortress, citadel”), from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fortified elevation”).

Compare also Old English burgwaras (“inhabitants of a burg, burghers, citizens”) and Serbo-Croatian purger. More at borough.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: burger

Noun

burgher (plural burghers)

  1. A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.
    1. A member of the medieval mercantile class.
    2. A citizen of a medieval city.
  2. A prosperous member of the community; a middle class citizen (may connote complacency).

Derived terms

  • burghermaster
  • burghership

Related terms

Translations


Source: wiktionary.org