BRITT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BRITT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRITT?
| 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 BRITT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRITT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brittsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRITT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRITT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,474.
What does BRITT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The young of the herring or a similar small fish, often gathered in dense swarms that serve as food for larger marine animals.
Fishing communities once used britt as a general name for tiny immature herring or sprat too small to sell individually, instead scooping them up in large quantities. The same word also covers minute floating crustaceans that drift near the surface in huge numbers, forming an important food source for filter-feeding whales. Right whales in particular were once observed following dense patches of britt across the ocean, since a single mouthful could contain thousands of the tiny creatures. Today britt survives mainly as a specialist term in fisheries and marine biology rather than everyday speech.
How BRITT is used
A specialist term used in fisheries and marine biology to describe tiny young fish or planktonic crustaceans.
- Whales surfaced repeatedly to feed on dense swarms of britt.
- The trawler's net came up full of britt too small to sell.
- Marine biologists studied how britt populations shifted with the tide.
- Seabirds dove eagerly wherever britt gathered near the surface.
- The old fishing log mentioned thick clouds of britt off the coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRITT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRITT
15 longer words begin with BRITT.
Words with BRITT inside
6 words contain BRITT in the middle. Words that start with BRITT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRITT
Common questions about BRITT
- Is BRITT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRITT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRITT worth?
- BRITT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRITT mean?
- The young of the herring or a similar small fish, often gathered in dense swarms that serve as food for larger marine animals.
- What letters can be added to BRITT?
- BRITT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRITT:
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