BROWNSHIRT is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BROWNSHIRT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROWNSHIRT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROWNSHIRT is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROWNSHIRT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brownshirtsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROWNSHIRT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BROWNSHIRT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BROWNSHIRT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BROWNSHIRT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A member of the Nazi paramilitary storm troops of the 1920s and 1930s, who wore brown uniforms.
The brown uniform gave the organisation its nickname, and the term is tied to the street violence that helped bring the Nazi party to power. Writers sometimes use brownshirt loosely for any thuggish political enforcer, though that use is figurative.
How BROWNSHIRT is used
Brownshirt is used mainly in history writing about interwar Germany.
- Every brownshirt in the rally hall wore the same uniform.
- The historian described how a brownshirt force intimidated opponents.
- Photographs show a brownshirt marching beside the party banner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROWNSHIRT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROWNSHIRT
1 longer words begin with BROWNSHIRT.
Shorter words from the letters in BROWNSHIRT
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Common questions about BROWNSHIRT
- Is BROWNSHIRT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROWNSHIRT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROWNSHIRT worth?
- BROWNSHIRT is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROWNSHIRT mean?
- A member of the Nazi paramilitary storm troops of the 1920s and 1930s, who wore brown uniforms.
- What letters can be added to BROWNSHIRT?
- BROWNSHIRT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BROWNSHIRT:
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