BREVITY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BREVITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BREVITY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BREVITY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BREVITY
No single letter turns BREVITY into another word.
How BREVITY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BREVITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does BREVITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being short, either in time or in the words used.
Brevity is prized in telegrams, headlines and speeches. It can also refer to how briefly something lasts, as with the brevity of a season.
How BREVITY is used
Brevity often appears in the proverb that brevity is the soul of wit.
- The brevity of her reply was a surprise.
- Brevity is the soul of wit.
- He praised the brevity of the report.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BREVITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BREVITY
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Common questions about BREVITY
- Is BREVITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BREVITY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BREVITY worth?
- BREVITY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BREVITY mean?
- The quality of being short, either in time or in the words used.
- What letters can be added to BREVITY?
- No single letter can be added to BREVITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BREVITY:
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