BREVET is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BREVET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BREVET?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BREVET is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BREVET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BREVET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BREVET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does BREVET mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A document that raises an officer to a higher military rank as an honour, without the extra pay that normally goes with it.
A brevet was a way for an army to reward outstanding service when no real vacancy existed at the higher level. The officer could use the grander title and wear its insignia, but kept the salary of the old post. The word came from French, where it first meant a short official letter, and it is still seen in accounts of the nineteenth-century American and British armies.
How BREVET is used
Mostly historical; common in writing about the American Civil War, where many generals held a brevet rank.
- He received a brevet for his conduct at the river crossing.
- The colonel held the rank only by brevet and drew a captain's pay.
- A brevet was often the only reward the war office could afford.
- Her great-grandfather's letters mention the brevet he never really collected on.
- The newspaper listed every officer who had won a brevet that year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BREVET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BREVET
8 longer words begin with BREVET.
Shorter words from the letters in BREVET
Common questions about BREVET
- Is BREVET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BREVET, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BREVET worth?
- BREVET is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BREVET mean?
- A document that raises an officer to a higher military rank as an honour, without the extra pay that normally goes with it.
- What letters can be added to BREVET?
- BREVET takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BREVET:
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