BROSY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BROSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROSY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROSY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROSY
No single letter turns BROSY into another word.
How BROSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BROSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does BROSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
In Scots usage, thick, coarse, or plump in a way that suggests a diet of brose, a simple oatmeal dish.
A brosy face or a brosy fellow looks well fed and fleshy rather than lean, the word drawing directly on brose, the oatmeal-and-water dish long associated with plain country eating in Scotland. Writers use brosy affectionately more often than as an insult, picturing someone sturdy and unrefined rather than genuinely unattractive.
How BROSY is used
Scots dialect adjective, found mainly in older or regional writing rather than standard English.
- The farmer had a broad, brosy face.
- Old stories describe brosy lads working the fields.
- Her brosy cheeks reddened in the cold wind.
- He grew brosy and stout after years of plain food.
- The poem pokes fun at a brosy country squire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BROSY
Common questions about BROSY
- Is BROSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROSY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROSY worth?
- BROSY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROSY mean?
- In Scots usage, thick, coarse, or plump in a way that suggests a diet of brose, a simple oatmeal dish.
- What letters can be added to BROSY?
- No single letter can be added to BROSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BROSY:
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