BORDEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BORDEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BORDEL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BORDEL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BORDEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bordelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BORDEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BORDEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What does BORDEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old word for a house where sex is sold.
Bordel came into English from Old French, where it first meant a small hut made of boards, and the sense then shifted to a disreputable house. Medieval texts such as saints' lives use it plainly, and it later gave way to bordello, which Italian supplied. Modern writers meet it mainly in historical reading.
How BORDEL is used
Archaic; found in medieval and early modern texts, not in current speech.
- The chronicle describes a street of taverns and a bordel.
- In the legend the saint was dragged to a bordel but remained unharmed.
- The old poem uses bordel where a modern writer would say brothel.
- He found the word bordel in a fifteenth-century manuscript.
- The town council ordered the bordel closed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BORDEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BORDEL
The 6 tiles of BORDEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BORDEL
3 longer words begin with BORDEL.
Shorter words from the letters in BORDEL
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Common questions about BORDEL
- Is BORDEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BORDEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BORDEL worth?
- BORDEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BORDEL mean?
- An old word for a house where sex is sold.
- What letters can be added to BORDEL?
- BORDEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BORDEL:
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