BRONTOSAUR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BRONTOSAUR 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 BRONTOSAUR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRONTOSAUR is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRONTOSAUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brontosaursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRONTOSAUR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BRONTOSAUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRONTOSAUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRONTOSAUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A huge long-necked plant-eating dinosaur of the late Jurassic period.
A brontosaur walked on four thick legs and carried a tiny head at the end of a long neck. Palaeontologists now class it with Apatosaurus, but the old name remains popular in books and museums.
How BRONTOSAUR is used
Common in popular writing; scientists often prefer the longer form brontosaurus.
- A brontosaur skeleton towered over the museum hall.
- Children love to draw a brontosaur with its long tail.
- The brontosaur browsed on treetops millions of years ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRONTOSAUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRONTOSAUR
3 longer words begin with BRONTOSAUR.
Shorter words from the letters in BRONTOSAUR
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Common questions about BRONTOSAUR
- Is BRONTOSAUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRONTOSAUR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRONTOSAUR worth?
- BRONTOSAUR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRONTOSAUR mean?
- A huge long-necked plant-eating dinosaur of the late Jurassic period.
- What letters can be added to BRONTOSAUR?
- BRONTOSAUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BRONTOSAUR:
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