BROTHEL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BROTHEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROTHEL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROTHEL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROTHEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brothelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROTHEL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BROTHEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does BROTHEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A house or other building where people pay to have sex with prostitutes.
Brothel is the plain term used in law, history and news reports for an establishment of this kind. Historical writing mentions brothels in port cities and garrison towns, and the word appears in legal discussions about licensing and public order.
How BROTHEL is used
Brothel is a neutral, formal word used in legal and historical writing.
- The council closed the brothel after a police inquiry.
- Historians have studied how each brothel in the port town was regulated.
- Running a brothel was illegal under the old statute.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROTHEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROTHEL
1 longer words begin with BROTHEL.
Shorter words from the letters in BROTHEL
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Common questions about BROTHEL
- Is BROTHEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROTHEL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROTHEL worth?
- BROTHEL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROTHEL mean?
- A house or other building where people pay to have sex with prostitutes.
- What letters can be added to BROTHEL?
- BROTHEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BROTHEL:
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