BRAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BRAIN 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 BRAIN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAIN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRAIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,909.
What stands out about BRAIN
- The same 5 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 BRAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The organ of soft nervous tissue inside the skull that controls thought, memory, movement, and the senses in humans and other vertebrates.
Every thought, emotion, and voluntary movement in a person begins as electrical and chemical signals passing between billions of cells inside the brain. Scientists divide the human brain into regions with different jobs, such as the cerebellum for balance and the cerebral cortex for reasoning and language. Beyond its literal, anatomical sense, brain is also used informally to mean intelligence itself, as when someone is praised for having a good brain for numbers. The word can even label a clever individual directly, as in calling someone the brains behind a plan.
How BRAIN is used
Used both in precise scientific contexts and in everyday, informal speech about intelligence.
- The surgeon carefully mapped the regions of the patient's brain before the operation.
- Years of study left her with an encyclopedic brain for historical dates.
- Coaches say the quarterback has the brain to read defenses instantly.
- The scan revealed unusual activity in one part of the brain.
- He was considered the brain behind the whole rescue operation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRAIN
The 5 tiles of BRAIN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BRAIN
Showing 24 of 57 words that begin with BRAIN.
Words ending in BRAIN
18 words end in BRAIN. Useful as a back hook: play BRAIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with BRAIN inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain BRAIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BRAIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAIN
Common questions about BRAIN
- Is BRAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAIN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAIN worth?
- BRAIN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAIN mean?
- The organ of soft nervous tissue inside the skull that controls thought, memory, movement, and the senses in humans and other vertebrates.
- What letters can be added to BRAIN?
- BRAIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRAIN:
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