BROWN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BROWN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROWN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROWN is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROWN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROWN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BROWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does BROWN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having the color of earth, wood, or coffee, a shade produced by mixing red, yellow, and black.
Brown appears constantly across everyday life, from the color of soil and tree bark to hair, eyes, and countless manufactured objects. As a verb, to brown something means to cook it until its surface turns that color, as when a cook browns onions before adding other ingredients. The word also serves as a noun naming the color itself.
How BROWN is used
Very common adjective, noun, and verb; used constantly in cooking and in describing appearance.
- The dog had short, brown fur.
- Brown leaves covered the path in autumn.
- Brown the onions before adding the stock.
- She painted the fence a deep brown.
- His eyes were a warm shade of brown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROWN
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with BROWN.
Words ending in BROWN
3 words end in BROWN. Useful as a back hook: play BROWN onto a word already on the board.
Words with BROWN inside
7 words contain BROWN in the middle. Words that start with BROWN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BROWN
Common questions about BROWN
- Is BROWN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROWN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROWN worth?
- BROWN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROWN mean?
- Having the color of earth, wood, or coffee, a shade produced by mixing red, yellow, and black.
- What letters can be added to BROWN?
- BROWN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BROWN:
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