BRAVO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BRAVO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAVO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAVO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAVO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bravosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRAVO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRAVO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does BRAVO mean in Scrabble?
interjection
An exclamation shouted to praise a performance or achievement; well done.
Bravo is called out at the theatre, opera, or a sporting event the moment a performer or player has just done something admirable, and it works for both men and mixed audiences in everyday English even though strict Italian usage reserves it for men alone. Bravo is also an older noun for a hired assassin or a bold, reckless ruffian who would kill for money, a sense now confined mostly to historical fiction.
How BRAVO is used
Interjection, common at performances; the historical noun sense is rare and mainly literary.
- The crowd shouted bravo as the pianist finished.
- Bravo, he called, clapping loudly from the back row.
- Critics wrote bravo across the top of their reviews.
- In the old story, a bravo was paid to silence the witness.
- Everyone in the theater rose and cried bravo together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAVO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRAVO
4 longer words begin with BRAVO.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAVO
Common questions about BRAVO
- Is BRAVO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAVO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAVO worth?
- BRAVO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAVO mean?
- An exclamation shouted to praise a performance or achievement; well done.
- What letters can be added to BRAVO?
- BRAVO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRAVO:
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