BREY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. BREY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BREY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BREY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BREY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
breysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BREY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BREY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does BREY mean in Scrabble?
verb
South African
To pronounce the r sound at the back of the throat, in a rolled, guttural way.
Speakers who brey give the letter r a throaty, trilled quality rather than the lighter sound heard in most English accents. The feature is closely associated with Afrikaans-influenced South African speech and is often noted by linguists studying regional accents.
How BREY is used
A South African term describing a specific accent feature.
- He tends to brey his Rs when he speaks Afrikaans.
- Linguists studied how children learn to brey in that region.
- She could brey convincingly after years of practice.
- The actor had to brey his lines to sound authentic.
- Not every South African speaker will brey the same way.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BREY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BREY
The 4 tiles of BREY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BREY
3 longer words begin with BREY.
Words ending in BREY
1 words end in BREY. Useful as a back hook: play BREY onto a word already on the board.
Words with BREY inside
1 words contain BREY in the middle. Words that start with BREY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BREY
Common questions about BREY
- Is BREY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BREY is not in it.
- How many points is BREY worth?
- BREY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BREY mean?
- To pronounce the r sound at the back of the throat, in a rolled, guttural way.
- What letters can be added to BREY?
- BREY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BREY:
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