BROIL is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BROIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROIL?
| 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 BROIL 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 BROIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
broilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROIL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BROIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does BROIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cook food, especially meat or fish, by exposing it to direct, intense heat from above or below.
Cooks broil steaks, chops, and fish under a grill element so that high heat quickly sears the surface while the inside stays juicy. In everyday speech, broil also describes weather, as when people say the afternoon sun will broil anyone left standing outside too long. The related noun a broil refers to a noisy quarrel or disturbance, a much older sense that has mostly faded from common use except in literary writing. Modern kitchens rely on the broil setting of an oven to reproduce the effect once achieved only over an open flame.
How BROIL is used
Common in everyday cooking instructions and, informally, to describe intense heat.
- She set the oven to broil and watched the salmon closely.
- The midday sun seemed ready to broil anyone caught without shade.
- He likes to broil chicken thighs until the skin turns crisp.
- The recipe says to broil the vegetables for just five minutes.
- Tourists complained that the desert heat would broil them alive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROIL
5 longer words begin with BROIL.
Words ending in BROIL
4 words end in BROIL. Useful as a back hook: play BROIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with BROIL inside
19 words contain BROIL in the middle. Words that start with BROIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BROIL
Common questions about BROIL
- Is BROIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROIL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROIL worth?
- BROIL is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROIL mean?
- To cook food, especially meat or fish, by exposing it to direct, intense heat from above or below.
- What letters can be added to BROIL?
- BROIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BROIL:
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