BRAZA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BRAZA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAZA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAZA is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAZA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brazasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRAZA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRAZA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What stands out about BRAZA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRAZA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old Spanish unit of length equal to the span of a person's outstretched arms.
A braza measured roughly five and a half feet, close to a fathom, and was used across Spain and its former colonies before metric measurement became standard. The word survives now mainly in older documents and historical accounts.
How BRAZA is used
Appears in historical documents and older Spanish-language sources translated into English.
- The rope was measured out to a length of ten braza.
- Old land grants described boundaries in braza rather than metres.
- The well was said to be six braza deep.
- A braza was roughly the length a man could reach with both arms spread.
- The ship's cable was several hundred braza long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAZA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRAZA
The 5 tiles of BRAZA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BRAZA
1 longer words begin with BRAZA.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAZA
Common questions about BRAZA
- Is BRAZA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAZA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAZA worth?
- BRAZA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAZA mean?
- An old Spanish unit of length equal to the span of a person's outstretched arms.
- What letters can be added to BRAZA?
- BRAZA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRAZA:
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