BROODY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BROODY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROODY?
| 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 BROODY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROODY
No single letter turns BROODY into another word.
How BROODY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BROODY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 443,472.
What does BROODY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Sitting on eggs or eager to do so, said of a hen, or, of a person, longing for a child or sunk in gloomy thought.
The word grew out of the verb brood, which first meant to sit on eggs and later came to mean thinking long and darkly about something. A broody hen stops laying, puffs up her feathers and refuses to leave the nest, which is why farmers dislike her in a laying flock. When it is used of people, broody can be affectionate and a little teasing about a wish for a baby, or it can describe a quiet, moody mood.
How BROODY is used
Common in poultry keeping and in everyday speech, where it covers both the hen and the sulky or baby-minded person.
- The broody hen would not leave her nest even to eat.
- He sat by the window, broody and silent all afternoon.
- After the wedding she felt suddenly broody and could not stop looking at prams.
- A broody hen can be put to good use by slipping a clutch of duck eggs under her.
- Rain on the glass always made the young poet broody.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROODY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BROODY
The 6 tiles of BROODY in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about BROODY
- Is BROODY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROODY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROODY worth?
- BROODY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROODY mean?
- Sitting on eggs or eager to do so, said of a hen, or, of a person, longing for a child or sunk in gloomy thought.
- What letters can be added to BROODY?
- No single letter can be added to BROODY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BROODY:
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