BREECHCLOUT is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BREECHCLOUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BREECHCLOUT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BREECHCLOUT is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BREECHCLOUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
breechcloutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BREECHCLOUT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BREECHCLOUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BREECHCLOUT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BREECHCLOUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A simple strip of cloth passed between the legs and held at the waist, worn as the only garment on the lower body.
Breechclout appears mostly in histories and stories of the American frontier, where it describes clothing worn by many native peoples. Modern writers often choose the near-synonym loincloth, which sounds less old-fashioned.
How BREECHCLOUT is used
An older word, found in historical writing and in fiction about the frontier.
- The trader wore leggings and a deerskin breechclout.
- The museum showed a breechclout made from soft leather.
- In the old novel, the scout stripped to a breechclout before swimming the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BREECHCLOUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BREECHCLOUT
1 longer words begin with BREECHCLOUT.
Shorter words from the letters in BREECHCLOUT
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Common questions about BREECHCLOUT
- Is BREECHCLOUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BREECHCLOUT, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BREECHCLOUT worth?
- BREECHCLOUT is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BREECHCLOUT mean?
- A simple strip of cloth passed between the legs and held at the waist, worn as the only garment on the lower body.
- What letters can be added to BREECHCLOUT?
- BREECHCLOUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BREECHCLOUT:
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