BRINK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BRINK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRINK?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRINK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRINK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brinksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRINK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does BRINK mean in Scrabble?
noun
The furthest edge of something, especially a steep drop, or the moment right before something important happens.
A brink names the last strip of ground before it drops sharply away, such as the brink of a cliff, a chasm or a riverbank. From that physical picture English stretched brink to describe the moment right before an important change, so a country can stand on the brink of war or a discovery can sit on the brink of being made public. The word usually carries a note of danger or tension that plainer words like edge or verge lack. Writers reach for brink specifically when they want to stress how close something is to tipping over into a different state.
How BRINK is used
Common in both literal descriptions of steep edges and figurative talk of being close to a major change.
- They stood at the brink of the canyon and looked down.
- The talks brought the two countries to the brink of war.
- One more mistake pushed the company to the brink of collapse.
- She paused right at the brink of the waterfall.
- Scientists say the species is on the brink of extinction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRINK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRINK
7 longer words begin with BRINK.
Shorter words from the letters in BRINK
Common questions about BRINK
- Is BRINK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRINK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRINK worth?
- BRINK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRINK mean?
- The furthest edge of something, especially a steep drop, or the moment right before something important happens.
- What letters can be added to BRINK?
- BRINK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRINK:
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