BROIDER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BROIDER 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 BROIDER?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROIDER is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROIDER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROIDER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BROIDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 154,394.
What does BROIDER mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To decorate cloth with needlework; an old form of the verb embroider.
The verb broider belongs to older English and now appears mostly in historical writing or poetry. Where a modern writer would use embroider, an earlier one might choose broider for the same craft of stitching patterns.
How BROIDER is used
Found in old texts and deliberately antique writing, rarely in everyday speech.
- She sat by the window to broider a border of leaves.
- The ladies would broider the altar cloth in silk.
- He asked her to broider his initials on the handkerchief.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROIDER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROIDER
8 longer words begin with BROIDER.
Shorter words from the letters in BROIDER
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Common questions about BROIDER
- Is BROIDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROIDER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROIDER worth?
- BROIDER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROIDER mean?
- To decorate cloth with needlework; an old form of the verb embroider.
- What letters can be added to BROIDER?
- BROIDER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BROIDER:
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