BROCATEL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BROCATEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROCATEL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROCATEL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROCATEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brocatelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROCATEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BROCATEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BROCATEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BROCATEL
- All 8 letters of BROCATEL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BROCATEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heavy, richly patterned fabric of silk and linen, woven so that the design stands out in relief, or a variegated marble from southern Europe.
Two unrelated things share the name brocatel, which is why a dictionary entry lists both cloth and stone. The textile sense is the older one in furnishing history, and the stone borrows the name from its mottled, patterned look.
How BROCATEL is used
Used in writing about upholstery, tapestry and decorative stone, usually in the cloth sense.
- The sofa was covered in deep red brocatel that felt almost like carving under the hand.
- Heavy brocatel curtains kept the cold out of the old library.
- The fireplace surround was cut from yellow and grey brocatel marble.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROCATEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROCATEL
3 longer words begin with BROCATEL.
Shorter words from the letters in BROCATEL
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Common questions about BROCATEL
- Is BROCATEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROCATEL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROCATEL worth?
- BROCATEL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROCATEL mean?
- A heavy, richly patterned fabric of silk and linen, woven so that the design stands out in relief, or a variegated marble from southern Europe.
- What letters can be added to BROCATEL?
- BROCATEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BROCATEL:
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