BREVIER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BREVIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BREVIER?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BREVIER is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BREVIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
breviersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BREVIER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BREVIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 449,146.
What does BREVIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
printing
A size of printing type, about eight points, that sits between minion and bourgeois.
Brevier belongs to the vocabulary of traditional typesetting, where each type size had its own name. Printers used it for small, dense text such as footnotes and newspaper columns. Today point sizes have replaced these names.
How BREVIER is used
Brevier is a historical printing term seldom met outside the history of type.
- The footnotes were set in brevier to save space.
- Old newspapers often used brevier for classified notices.
- He learned that brevier was a size between minion and bourgeois.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BREVIER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BREVIER
1 longer words begin with BREVIER.
Shorter words from the letters in BREVIER
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Common questions about BREVIER
- Is BREVIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BREVIER, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BREVIER worth?
- BREVIER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BREVIER mean?
- A size of printing type, about eight points, that sits between minion and bourgeois.
- What letters can be added to BREVIER?
- BREVIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BREVIER:
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