BRO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRO?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRO is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about BRO
- The same 3 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Brother, used as a form of address between friends.
Bro began in African American English as a plain shortening and has since gone everywhere, picking up an edge along the way: called across a room it is friendly, and said flatly to a stranger it is not. The compound bro culture grew out of the same word and is rarely meant as a compliment.
How BRO is used
Used in direct address and as a noun — my bro, two bros.
- Thanks, bro, I owe you one.
- He calls his brother bro and everybody else by name.
- Two bros from the same street opened the shop.
- The word bro can be warm or cold and the difference is all in the voice.
- Bro culture is not a compliment when a journalist uses it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRO
The 3 tiles of BRO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BRO
Showing 24 of 488 words that begin with BRO.
Words ending in BRO
4 words end in BRO. Useful as a back hook: play BRO onto a word already on the board.
Words with BRO inside
Showing 24 of 360 words that contain BRO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRO
Common questions about BRO
- Is BRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRO worth?
- BRO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRO mean?
- Brother, used as a form of address between friends.
- What letters can be added to BRO?
- BRO takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BRO:
Open BRO in the Word Finder