BRAILLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BRAILLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAILLE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAILLE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAILLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRAILLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BRAILLE, 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 | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What stands out about BRAILLE
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 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 BRAILLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A system of writing and printing for blind people, in which letters are made of raised dots read by touch.
Each braille character is built from a cell of up to six dots, and different patterns stand for letters, numbers and punctuation. The system is named after Louis Braille, who devised it in the early nineteenth century.
How BRAILLE is used
Braille is used on books, signs and lift buttons.
- She read the novel in braille.
- The lift buttons have braille labels.
- He learned braille at a school for the blind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAILLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRAILLE
The 7 tiles of BRAILLE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BRAILLE
6 longer words begin with BRAILLE.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAILLE
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Common questions about BRAILLE
- Is BRAILLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAILLE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAILLE worth?
- BRAILLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAILLE mean?
- A system of writing and printing for blind people, in which letters are made of raised dots read by touch.
- What letters can be added to BRAILLE?
- BRAILLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BRAILLE:
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