BROLGA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BROLGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROLGA?
| 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 BROLGA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROLGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brolgasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROLGA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BROLGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does BROLGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A tall grey Australian crane known for an elaborate courtship dance.
Brolgas gather in wetlands across northern and eastern Australia, and pairs bow, leap and flap their wings in a display that can last many minutes. The bird stands well over a metre high and has a bare red patch on its head. The name comes from an Aboriginal language, and the bird figures in several Indigenous stories about dance.
How BROLGA is used
Used in Australian English and in bird guides; rarely met elsewhere.
- A brolga stalked slowly through the shallow water at dawn.
- The photographer waited all morning for a brolga to start dancing.
- Two brolga stood side by side in the flooded paddock.
- The brolga is sometimes confused with the sarus crane.
- Children at the sanctuary were asked to draw a brolga.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROLGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROLGA
1 longer words begin with BROLGA.
Shorter words from the letters in BROLGA
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Common questions about BROLGA
- Is BROLGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROLGA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROLGA worth?
- BROLGA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROLGA mean?
- A tall grey Australian crane known for an elaborate courtship dance.
- What letters can be added to BROLGA?
- BROLGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BROLGA:
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