BRUTALIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BRUTALIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRUTALIZE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRUTALIZE is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRUTALIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRUTALIZE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BRUTALIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRUTALIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BRUTALIZE
- All 9 letters of BRUTALIZE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRUTALIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To treat someone in a savagely cruel way, or to make a person hardened and insensitive through repeated violence.
To brutalize can describe a direct act of cruelty, but it also describes slower damage, such as what war does to the people who live through it. The harm is to feeling as much as to the body.
How BRUTALIZE is used
Used about violent treatment of people and about the numbing effect of long exposure to violence.
- Years of fighting did brutalize the young soldiers.
- The guards were accused of trying to brutalize the prisoners.
- Critics say such films brutalize their audiences.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRUTALIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRUTALIZE
2 longer words begin with BRUTALIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in BRUTALIZE
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Common questions about BRUTALIZE
- Is BRUTALIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRUTALIZE, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRUTALIZE worth?
- BRUTALIZE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRUTALIZE mean?
- To treat someone in a savagely cruel way, or to make a person hardened and insensitive through repeated violence.
- What letters can be added to BRUTALIZE?
- BRUTALIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BRUTALIZE:
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