BROTHY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BROTHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROTHY?
| 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 BROTHY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROTHY
No single letter turns BROTHY into another word.
How BROTHY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BROTHY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about BROTHY
- BROTHY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BROTHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Thin and watery like a soup stock, or rich in savoury liquid.
Cooks use brothy for dishes that come with plenty of flavoured liquid rather than a thick sauce, such as beans, noodles or stews served in their juices. It can also describe a texture or taste that reminds one of soup stock. The word is built on broth, and it implies something lighter and more fluid than creamy or thick.
How BROTHY is used
Used in cooking and food writing; informal.
- She preferred a brothy bean dish to a thick one.
- The stew turned out thin and brothy after the extra water.
- A brothy smell drifted from the kitchen window.
- He ladled the brothy noodles into deep bowls.
- The sauce was too brothy to cling to the pasta.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROTHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BROTHY
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Common questions about BROTHY
- Is BROTHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROTHY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROTHY worth?
- BROTHY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROTHY mean?
- Thin and watery like a soup stock, or rich in savoury liquid.
- What letters can be added to BROTHY?
- No single letter can be added to BROTHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BROTHY:
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