BRAKEMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BRAKEMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAKEMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAKEMAN is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAKEMAN
No single letter turns BRAKEMAN into another word.
How BRAKEMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BRAKEMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRAKEMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRAKEMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A railway worker who helps run a train, originally by working its brakes.
In bobsleigh the brakeman sits last and pulls the brake after the finish. On American railroads the job grew to cover coupling cars and signalling.
How BRAKEMAN is used
Brakeman is a railway and bobsleigh term.
- The brakeman walked the length of the freight train at dawn.
- Her grandfather worked as a brakeman for forty years.
- The bobsleigh brakeman jumped on at the last second.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAKEMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAKEMAN
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Common questions about BRAKEMAN
- Is BRAKEMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAKEMAN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAKEMAN worth?
- BRAKEMAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAKEMAN mean?
- A railway worker who helps run a train, originally by working its brakes.
- What letters can be added to BRAKEMAN?
- No single letter can be added to BRAKEMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BRAKEMAN:
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