BRUMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BRUMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRUMAL?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRUMAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRUMAL
No single letter turns BRUMAL into another word.
How BRUMAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BRUMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about BRUMAL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRUMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Relating to or typical of winter; wintry.
The word descends from the Latin for the winter solstice, bruma, meaning the shortest day. Writers reach for it when they want a cold, grey or frozen feel without repeating winter, as in a brumal landscape or brumal gloom. It is far rarer than wintry and sits mostly in poetry and descriptive prose.
How BRUMAL is used
Literary and uncommon; a cousin of the word for a winter sleep.
- A brumal wind swept across the empty fields.
- The poem opens with a brumal image of frost.
- They shivered in the brumal light of January.
- Her brumal mood matched the grey sky.
- The brumal landscape lay silent under snow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRUMAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRUMAL
The 6 tiles of BRUMAL in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BRUMAL
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Common questions about BRUMAL
- Is BRUMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRUMAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRUMAL worth?
- BRUMAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRUMAL mean?
- Relating to or typical of winter; wintry.
- What letters can be added to BRUMAL?
- No single letter can be added to BRUMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BRUMAL:
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