BRICOLAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BRICOLAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRICOLAGE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRICOLAGE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRICOLAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bricolagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRICOLAGE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BRICOLAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRICOLAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BRICOLAGE
- All 9 letters of BRICOLAGE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRICOLAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Something made from whatever materials or ideas happen to be at hand.
The word comes from French and is popular in art, architecture and theory. A bricolage can be a sculpture made from scrap, a street where buildings of different ages stand side by side, or an argument assembled from many sources.
How BRICOLAGE is used
Used in art criticism, design and cultural studies.
- The sculpture was a bricolage of old bicycle parts and cutlery.
- The town centre is a bricolage of medieval and modern buildings.
- His essay is a clever bricolage of quotations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRICOLAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRICOLAGE
1 longer words begin with BRICOLAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in BRICOLAGE
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Common questions about BRICOLAGE
- Is BRICOLAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRICOLAGE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRICOLAGE worth?
- BRICOLAGE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRICOLAGE mean?
- Something made from whatever materials or ideas happen to be at hand.
- What letters can be added to BRICOLAGE?
- BRICOLAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BRICOLAGE:
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