BRINY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BRINY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRINY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRINY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRINY
No single letter turns BRINY into another word.
How BRINY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRINY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does BRINY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Tasting of or containing salt, like seawater.
Something briny has the sharp, salty taste or smell associated with the sea or with water used for pickling. Cooks describe briny olives, oysters, or pickles when their flavor carries a strong dose of salt, and sailors and poets have long used the briny deep as a colorful way to refer to the ocean itself.
How BRINY is used
Common adjective; often paired with words like taste, water, or deep.
- The oysters had a fresh, briny taste.
- Waves of briny water splashed over the deck.
- She loved the briny smell of the harbor at dawn.
- The pickles sat soaking in a briny liquid.
- Sailors joked about heading out onto the briny deep.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRINY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BRINY
Common questions about BRINY
- Is BRINY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRINY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRINY worth?
- BRINY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRINY mean?
- Tasting of or containing salt, like seawater.
- What letters can be added to BRINY?
- No single letter can be added to BRINY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRINY:
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