BRANT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BRANT 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 BRANT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRANT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRANT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does BRANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A small, dark-colored wild goose with a black head and neck that breeds in the Arctic tundra and winters along temperate coasts.
North Americans call this bird a brant, while British birdwatchers usually know the same species as the brent goose, a case where one bird carries two regional names. Brant travel in large flocks along coastal migration routes, feeding heavily on eelgrass in shallow bays during the winter months. Because brant depend so strongly on eelgrass beds, conservationists watch the health of these plants closely as an indicator of the birds' food supply. Hunters and birdwatchers alike recognize brant by their compact size and dark plumage compared with larger geese such as the Canada goose.
How BRANT is used
Common in North American birdwatching and wildlife management writing.
- Flocks of brant settled onto the bay to feed on eelgrass.
- The refuge tracks brant numbers every winter along the coast.
- Hunters distinguished the brant from the larger geese by its dark head.
- Eelgrass loss can force brant to search farther for food.
- Birdwatchers gathered at dawn to count the migrating brant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRANT
5 longer words begin with BRANT.
Words ending in BRANT
5 words end in BRANT. Useful as a back hook: play BRANT onto a word already on the board.
Words with BRANT inside
6 words contain BRANT in the middle. Words that start with BRANT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRANT
Common questions about BRANT
- Is BRANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRANT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRANT worth?
- BRANT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRANT mean?
- A small, dark-colored wild goose with a black head and neck that breeds in the Arctic tundra and winters along temperate coasts.
- What letters can be added to BRANT?
- BRANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRANT:
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