BRIGANDAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BRIGANDAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRIGANDAGE?
| 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 BRIGANDAGE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRIGANDAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brigandagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRIGANDAGE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BRIGANDAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRIGANDAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRIGANDAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Robbery and plunder carried out by armed gangs, typically in remote country.
Brigandage suggests an organised way of life, not a single crime. Historians use it for bandit-ridden mountain roads and lawless frontier regions.
How BRIGANDAGE is used
Brigandage appears mostly in historical or literary writing about travel and lawlessness.
- Travellers in the hills feared brigandage more than the weather.
- The new government struggled to stamp out brigandage in the south.
- Stories of brigandage made the pass notorious.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRIGANDAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRIGANDAGE
1 longer words begin with BRIGANDAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in BRIGANDAGE
Showing 40 of 511. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about BRIGANDAGE
- Is BRIGANDAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRIGANDAGE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRIGANDAGE worth?
- BRIGANDAGE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRIGANDAGE mean?
- Robbery and plunder carried out by armed gangs, typically in remote country.
- What letters can be added to BRIGANDAGE?
- BRIGANDAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BRIGANDAGE:
Open BRIGANDAGE in the Word Finder