BRACE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BRACE 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 BRACE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRACE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRACE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRACE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRACE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about BRACE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRACE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A device that supports, strengthens or holds something firmly in position, such as a piece of orthodontic equipment fitted to the teeth or a support fitted to an injured limb; also, a pair of something, especially game birds, taken together.
A dentist fits a brace to slowly straighten crooked teeth over months or years, while a carpenter fits a very different kind of brace, a diagonal piece of wood or metal, to stop a wooden frame from twisting out of shape. Hunters traditionally speak of a brace of pheasants or a brace of grouse rather than simply two birds, the older, slightly formal counting word surviving in that one narrow context long after it faded from everyday counting. The same word also works as a verb, so a person who braces for bad news is steadying themselves mentally in much the same way a physical brace steadies a structure. Printers and mathematicians additionally use a curved brace mark to link related lines or terms together on the page, a much narrower, purely visual sense of the same word.
How BRACE is used
Common across everyday, medical, technical and hunting contexts, referring to a supporting device, a pair of game animals, or the related verb meaning to prepare or steady oneself.
- The dentist fitted her with a metal brace to straighten her teeth.
- A wooden brace kept the old barn door from sagging.
- The hunters returned with a brace of pheasants.
- He gripped the rail and braced himself against the rocking boat.
- The engineer added a diagonal brace to strengthen the bridge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRACE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRACE
The 5 tiles of BRACE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BRACE
9 longer words begin with BRACE.
Words ending in BRACE
11 words end in BRACE. Useful as a back hook: play BRACE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BRACE inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain BRACE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BRACE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRACE
Common questions about BRACE
- Is BRACE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRACE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRACE worth?
- BRACE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRACE mean?
- A device that supports, strengthens or holds something firmly in position, such as a piece of orthodontic equipment fitted to the teeth or a support fitted to an injured limb; also, a pair of something, especially game birds, taken together.
- What letters can be added to BRACE?
- BRACE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRACE:
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