Yes, build is in the scrabble dictionary
...and is worth 11 points by itself.
build
idiom
1. Build on sand To provide with an unstable foundation: Having bought only high-risk stocks, my portfolio was built on sand.
noun
1. Computer Science Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
2. The physical makeup of a person or thing; physique: an athletic build.
3. Form or mode of structure .
4. Bodily conformation of a person or animal.
phrasal-verb
1. Build up To accumulate or collect: sediment building up on the ocean floor.
2. Build up To bolster: build up the product with a massive ad campaign; built up my hopes after the interview.
3. Build up To develop or increase in stages or by degrees: built up the business; building up my endurance for the marathon.
4. Build up To fill up (an area) with buildings.
5. In To construct or include as an integral part of: a wall with shelving that was built in; build stability into the economy.
verb
1. To form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole .
2. To cause to be constructed.
3. To develop according to a systematic plan, by a definite process, or on a particular base.
4. To engage in .
5. To progress toward a peak (as of intensity) .
verb-intransitive
1. To develop in magnitude or extent: clouds building on the horizon.
2. To engage in the construction or design of buildings: "Each of the three architects built in a different styleā€¯ ( Dwight Macdonald).
3. To make something by combining materials or parts.
4. To progress toward a maximum, as of intensity: suspense building from the opening scene to the climax.
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Top Words by points |
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Word Game |
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build | 8 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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bi | 4 |
id | 3 |
li | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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bid | 6 |
bud | 6 |
dib | 6 |
dub | 6 |
dui | 4 |
lib | 5 |
lid | 4 |
lud | 4 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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build | 8 |