IMBRUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. IMBRUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMBRUTE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMBRUTE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMBRUTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMBRUTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in IMBRUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does IMBRUTE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To degrade a person to the level of a brute animal, or to become brutal.
Imbrute describes the moral sinking that makes a person savage and unthinking. It belongs to older prose, where drink or cruelty was said to imbrute whoever gave way to it.
How IMBRUTE is used
Imbrute is archaic and used in elevated or old-fashioned writing.
- Years of war could imbrute even the gentlest man.
- He feared that drink would imbrute him.
- The tyrant sought to imbrute his subjects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMBRUTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IMBRUTE
The 7 tiles of IMBRUTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with IMBRUTE
2 longer words begin with IMBRUTE.
Shorter words from the letters in IMBRUTE
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Common questions about IMBRUTE
- Is IMBRUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMBRUTE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMBRUTE worth?
- IMBRUTE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMBRUTE mean?
- To degrade a person to the level of a brute animal, or to become brutal.
- What letters can be added to IMBRUTE?
- IMBRUTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of IMBRUTE:
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