BREVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BREVE 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 BREVE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BREVE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BREVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BREVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BREVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does BREVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
musicprinting
In music, a note lasting twice as long as a whole note; in writing, a curved mark placed over a vowel to show it is short.
The breve was once a common note value in early music notation, drawn as a square or an oval with vertical lines, though modern scores rarely call for a note that long. In phonetics and dictionaries, the same word names the small curved symbol written above a vowel to signal that the vowel is pronounced briefly. The two senses share the same root idea of shortness, even though one measures a long note and the other a short sound.
How BREVE is used
Technical noun, used mainly by musicians and by writers on pronunciation and phonetics.
- The old score used a breve to mark the longest note.
- A breve over the vowel shows it should be pronounced short.
- Dictionaries often print a breve above an unstressed syllable.
- The choir held the breve for a full eight beats.
- She explained the difference between a breve and a macron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BREVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BREVE
The 5 tiles of BREVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BREVE
10 longer words begin with BREVE.
Words ending in BREVE
1 words end in BREVE. Useful as a back hook: play BREVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BREVE inside
1 words contain BREVE in the middle. Words that start with BREVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BREVE
Common questions about BREVE
- Is BREVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BREVE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BREVE worth?
- BREVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BREVE mean?
- In music, a note lasting twice as long as a whole note; in writing, a curved mark placed over a vowel to show it is short.
- What letters can be added to BREVE?
- BREVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BREVE:
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