BRAINSICK is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BRAINSICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAINSICK?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAINSICK is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAINSICK
No single letter turns BRAINSICK into another word.
How BRAINSICK scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BRAINSICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRAINSICK has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRAINSICK mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Mentally disordered, deranged or foolishly mad.
Brainsick is an old-fashioned word that survives mostly in older literature. It paints madness as an illness of the head, much like heartsick describes a sorrowful heart. A modern writer would likely choose it for deliberate period colour.
How BRAINSICK is used
Used in archaic or literary writing for someone whose mind is disturbed.
- The brainsick king wandered the halls in his nightshirt.
- Shakespeare's characters sometimes call a rash man brainsick.
- Grief left him half brainsick for weeks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAINSICK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRAINSICK
3 longer words begin with BRAINSICK.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAINSICK
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Common questions about BRAINSICK
- Is BRAINSICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAINSICK, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAINSICK worth?
- BRAINSICK is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAINSICK mean?
- Mentally disordered, deranged or foolishly mad.
- What letters can be added to BRAINSICK?
- No single letter can be added to BRAINSICK to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BRAINSICK:
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