BRAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BRAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAIL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAIL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRAIL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does BRAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
One of the ropes used on a sailing ship to gather up and secure a sail against the mast or spar when it is being furled.
Sailors haul on a brail to bunch a sail into loose folds without having to climb the rigging and physically bundle the canvas by hand. A ship typically carries several brails attached to different points along a sail so the whole sheet gathers evenly toward the mast. Beyond ships, brail also names a soft leather thong once used in falconry to bind a hawk's wing and keep the bird from flying off. Modern sailing vessels with more mechanized rigging use brails less often than traditional square-riggers once did.
How BRAIL is used
A specialized nautical term for sailing ships; the falconry sense is comparatively rare today.
- The crew pulled each brail to gather the sail against the mast.
- A worn brail snapped just as the storm hit the ship.
- Old square-riggers relied on a network of brails to furl their sails quickly.
- The falconer used a leather brail to secure the injured hawk's wing.
- Every brail on the mainsail had to be checked before the voyage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRAIL
The 5 tiles of BRAIL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BRAIL
13 longer words begin with BRAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAIL
Common questions about BRAIL
- Is BRAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAIL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAIL worth?
- BRAIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAIL mean?
- One of the ropes used on a sailing ship to gather up and secure a sail against the mast or spar when it is being furled.
- What letters can be added to BRAIL?
- BRAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRAIL:
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