BRANCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BRANCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRANCH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRANCH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRANCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
branchyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BRANCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BRANCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What stands out about BRANCH
- BRANCH gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRANCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A limb growing out from the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant.
In everyday speech the word covers anything that grows outward from a tree, from a thick bough to a thin twig. It was long ago extended to other things that divide from a main line, such as a river, a railway, a road or a family tree. A local office of a bank, library or shop is called a branch because it spreads out from a central organisation, and the word also works as a verb meaning to fork or spread out.
How BRANCH is used
Very common; both literal and figurative, as in a branch of study or a branch office.
- A heavy branch fell across the path during the storm.
- She works at the downtown branch of the library.
- The river splits into a northern and a southern branch near the town.
- Linguists place the two languages on the same branch of the family.
- We sat in the shade of a low branch and ate our lunch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRANCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRANCH
24 longer words begin with BRANCH.
Shorter words from the letters in BRANCH
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Common questions about BRANCH
- Is BRANCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRANCH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRANCH worth?
- BRANCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRANCH mean?
- A limb growing out from the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant.
- What letters can be added to BRANCH?
- BRANCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BRANCH:
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