BROSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BROSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROSE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROSE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brosesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BROSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about BROSE
- 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 BROSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A simple Scottish dish made by pouring boiling water, milk, or broth over oatmeal or pea meal and stirring it into a rough porridge.
Unlike porridge, which is usually simmered on the stove, brose is made almost instantly by pouring hot liquid directly over raw meal in a bowl and stirring briefly. Traditional versions took their name from the liquid used, so cooks spoke of beef brose when broth was poured over the meal, or water brose when only hot water was used. Because it required so little cooking, brose became a practical, filling meal for farm laborers who needed something quick and cheap. The dish remains associated strongly with older rural Scottish life rather than modern everyday cooking.
How BROSE is used
A traditional Scottish term, encountered mainly in folklore, dialect writing, and historical accounts of rural life.
- Her grandmother still made brose the old way, with oatmeal and hot water.
- Farmhands ate brose quickly before heading back out to the fields.
- The recipe for beef brose called for pouring hot broth over the meal.
- Traditional Scottish cookbooks still include a recipe for brose.
- He remembered his mother's Sunday brose more fondly than any restaurant meal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BROSE
The 5 tiles of BROSE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BROSE
1 longer words begin with BROSE.
Words ending in BROSE
5 words end in BROSE. Useful as a back hook: play BROSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BROSE inside
4 words contain BROSE in the middle. Words that start with BROSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BROSE
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Common questions about BROSE
- Is BROSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROSE worth?
- BROSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROSE mean?
- A simple Scottish dish made by pouring boiling water, milk, or broth over oatmeal or pea meal and stirring it into a rough porridge.
- What letters can be added to BROSE?
- BROSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BROSE:
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