BRACT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BRACT 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 BRACT?
| 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 BRACT is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRACT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bractsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRACT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRACT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does BRACT mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small, leaf-like or scale-like structure that grows at the base of a flower or flower cluster, sometimes reduced and papery, sometimes larger and brightly colored.
A poinsettia's famous red display is not made of petals at all but of colored bracts surrounding a small, inconspicuous true flower at the center, a fact that surprises many gardeners who assume the whole red structure is a single bloom. Most plants carry far less showy bracts, small green or brown scales tucked beneath a bud that offer some protection to the developing flower before it opens. Botanists distinguish a bract carefully from an ordinary leaf by its position, directly associated with a flower or inflorescence rather than scattered along an ordinary stem. Because a bract sits at the junction between leaf and flower, some species blur the line further still, producing bracts that are almost indistinguishable from petals to the casual observer.
How BRACT is used
A technical botanical term, used in plant science, gardening and horticultural writing to describe the leaf-like structures associated with a flower.
- The poinsettia's red color comes from its bracts, not its petals.
- A papery bract protected the young bud before it opened.
- Botanists counted the bracts surrounding each tiny flower.
- The dogwood's showy white bracts are often mistaken for petals.
- She pressed a single bract from the plant into her notebook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRACT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRACT
11 longer words begin with BRACT.
Words with BRACT inside
2 words contain BRACT in the middle. Words that start with BRACT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRACT
Common questions about BRACT
- Is BRACT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRACT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRACT worth?
- BRACT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRACT mean?
- A small, leaf-like or scale-like structure that grows at the base of a flower or flower cluster, sometimes reduced and papery, sometimes larger and brightly colored.
- What letters can be added to BRACT?
- BRACT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRACT:
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