BRAZILIN is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BRAZILIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAZILIN?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAZILIN is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAZILIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brazilinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRAZILIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BRAZILIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRAZILIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRAZILIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A pale yellow crystalline substance extracted from brazilwood and sappanwood, used as a dye and a stain.
Brazilin is colourless or yellowish until it meets air, when it oxidises into a red pigment called brazilein. Chemists and microscopists have used brazilin as a biological stain, and it gave textiles a red shade in the days of wood dyes.
How BRAZILIN is used
A technical term met in chemistry and dye history; brazilin is rarely used outside those fields.
- The lab extracted brazilin from shavings of the red wood.
- Oxidised brazilin turns the solution a deep red.
- Old dye manuals describe brazilin as a key colouring matter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAZILIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRAZILIN
1 longer words begin with BRAZILIN.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAZILIN
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Common questions about BRAZILIN
- Is BRAZILIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAZILIN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAZILIN worth?
- BRAZILIN is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAZILIN mean?
- A pale yellow crystalline substance extracted from brazilwood and sappanwood, used as a dye and a stain.
- What letters can be added to BRAZILIN?
- BRAZILIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BRAZILIN:
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