BRILL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BRILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRILL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRILL is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRILL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRILL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does BRILL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A European flatfish related to the turbot, prized as a food fish and found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Chefs and fishmongers rank brill alongside turbot as a delicate, mild-flavored flatfish suitable for fine dining, though brill is generally smaller and less expensive. Anglers catch brill mainly over sandy or gravelly seabeds, where the flat body lies camouflaged against the bottom. Separately, informal British slang uses brill as a shortened, enthusiastic form of brilliant, meaning wonderful or excellent, a usage that has nothing to do with the fish. Because of this coincidence, the same short word can describe either a prized dinner or a person's delighted reaction to good news.
How BRILL is used
The fish name is standard in cookery and fishing contexts; the slang sense is casual British speech, mainly among younger speakers.
- The chef served pan-fried brill with a light lemon sauce.
- Fishermen hauled in several brill from the sandy shallows.
- Markets sell brill as a cheaper alternative to turbot.
- She thought the surprise party was absolutely brill.
- The recipe called for fresh brill fillets and a splash of white wine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRILL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRILL
20 longer words begin with BRILL.
Words with BRILL inside
Showing 24 of 33 words that contain BRILL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BRILL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRILL
Common questions about BRILL
- Is BRILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRILL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRILL worth?
- BRILL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRILL mean?
- A European flatfish related to the turbot, prized as a food fish and found in the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
- What letters can be added to BRILL?
- BRILL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRILL:
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