PANBROIL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PANBROIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANBROIL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANBROIL is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANBROIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
panbroilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANBROIL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PANBROIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PANBROIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PANBROIL
- All 8 letters of PANBROIL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PANBROIL mean in Scrabble?
verb
North American
To cook food in an uncovered frying pan over direct heat using little or no fat.
To panbroil a steak is to sear it in a hot, dry pan instead of using a grill. The method suits thin cuts that cook quickly and release their own fat. Recipes in American cookbooks use the term for burgers, chops and fish.
How PANBROIL is used
A cooking term from recipes describing dry-pan searing without a lid.
- Panbroil the chops for four minutes on each side.
- You can panbroil a burger without adding any oil.
- We like to panbroil trout when the grill is out of gas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANBROIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANBROIL
3 longer words begin with PANBROIL.
Shorter words from the letters in PANBROIL
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Common questions about PANBROIL
- Is PANBROIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANBROIL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANBROIL worth?
- PANBROIL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANBROIL mean?
- To cook food in an uncovered frying pan over direct heat using little or no fat.
- What letters can be added to PANBROIL?
- PANBROIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PANBROIL:
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