BRANTAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BRANTAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRANTAIL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRANTAIL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRANTAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brantailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRANTAIL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BRANTAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRANTAIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRANTAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old name for the redstart, a small songbird with a bright reddish tail.
The name joins an old word for burnt with tail, because the bird's rump and tail flash rusty red as it flits about. Bird books of earlier centuries use brantail where modern guides say redstart.
How BRANTAIL is used
Archaic bird name, mostly seen in older natural history writing.
- A brantail flicked its tail from the top of the stone wall.
- The old naturalist recorded a brantail nesting in the orchard.
- We heard the brantail sing at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRANTAIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRANTAIL
1 longer words begin with BRANTAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in BRANTAIL
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Common questions about BRANTAIL
- Is BRANTAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRANTAIL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRANTAIL worth?
- BRANTAIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRANTAIL mean?
- An old name for the redstart, a small songbird with a bright reddish tail.
- What letters can be added to BRANTAIL?
- BRANTAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BRANTAIL:
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