BRAINS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BRAINS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAINS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAINS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAINS
No single letter turns BRAINS into another word.
How BRAINS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BRAINS, 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 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about BRAINS
- The same 6 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 BRAINS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The intelligence, cleverness or practical ideas that make someone able to plan and solve problems, or the person who supplies this kind of thinking for a group.
While brain in the singular names the organ inside the skull, brains in this sense has grown into a separate word for mental ability itself, as in someone using their brains to solve a puzzle. The phrase the brains of the operation goes further still, naming the one clever person behind a whole plan or scheme. Because the word describes a quality or a role rather than simply more than one brain, dictionaries treat it as having its own distinct meaning. Brains is also used informally for the actual brain tissue of an animal when served as food.
How BRAINS is used
Common in informal speech, especially in phrases like use your brains or the brains behind something.
- It took brains, not muscle, to get out of that trap.
- Everyone agreed she was the brains behind the whole project.
- He used his brains to fix the engine without any tools.
- The chef served fried brains as a regional delicacy.
- Pack your brains for the exam, not just your books.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAINS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRAINS
The 6 tiles of BRAINS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BRAINS
13 longer words begin with BRAINS.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAINS
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Common questions about BRAINS
- Is BRAINS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAINS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAINS worth?
- BRAINS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAINS mean?
- The intelligence, cleverness or practical ideas that make someone able to plan and solve problems, or the person who supplies this kind of thinking for a group.
- What letters can be added to BRAINS?
- No single letter can be added to BRAINS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BRAINS:
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