BRAWNY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BRAWNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAWNY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAWNY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAWNY
No single letter turns BRAWNY into another word.
How BRAWNY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BRAWNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What stands out about BRAWNY
- BRAWNY 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 BRAWNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Physically strong, with large, powerful muscles.
Brawny pictures a body that is broad and heavily muscled, the kind of build suited to lifting, hauling or wrestling. It leans toward raw strength rather than athletic grace, and it is often applied to labourers, blacksmiths and dockers. The word grows from brawn, an old term for muscle.
How BRAWNY is used
Common and descriptive; usually admiring, sometimes slightly teasing.
- A brawny blacksmith lifted the anvil with ease.
- The brawny dockers unloaded the crates by hand.
- He rolled up his sleeves to show a brawny forearm.
- Two brawny porters carried the trunk up the stairs.
- The painting shows a brawny fisherman hauling in his net.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAWNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAWNY
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Common questions about BRAWNY
- Is BRAWNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAWNY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAWNY worth?
- BRAWNY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAWNY mean?
- Physically strong, with large, powerful muscles.
- What letters can be added to BRAWNY?
- No single letter can be added to BRAWNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BRAWNY:
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