BROOD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BROOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROOD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROOD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROOD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROOD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BROOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What stands out about BROOD
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BROOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A family of young birds, or other young animals, hatched or produced together.
Brood belongs first to the barnyard, where a hen sits on a clutch of eggs and the chicks that hatch together count as one brood regardless of how many survive. From there it stretched, half-affectionately and half-wearily, to cover a large family of children, and eventually to the verb to brood, meaning to sit fixed on gloomy thoughts the way a hen sits fixed on her eggs.
How BROOD is used
Countable as a noun — a brood, several broods — and also a verb: to brood over something.
- The hen led her brood across the yard at dawn.
- Their brood of five children filled the small house.
- He tends to brood for days after an argument.
- A second brood hatched later that same summer.
- She caught herself brooding over a mistake from years ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BROOD
The 5 tiles of BROOD in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BROOD
16 longer words begin with BROOD.
Words ending in BROOD
2 words end in BROOD. Useful as a back hook: play BROOD onto a word already on the board.
Words with BROOD inside
4 words contain BROOD in the middle. Words that start with BROOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BROOD
Common questions about BROOD
- Is BROOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROOD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROOD worth?
- BROOD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROOD mean?
- A family of young birds, or other young animals, hatched or produced together.
- What letters can be added to BROOD?
- BROOD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BROOD:
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