Is BRAILLING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BRAILLING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BRAILLING mean?
Brailling is a form of BRAILLE.
- noun
French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)
- noun
a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
- verb
transcribe in braille
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
B (3) + R (1) + A (1) + I (1) + L (1) + L (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 12 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BRAILLING
BRAILLING has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BRAILLING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- brailing11
- bailing10
- balling10
- billing10
- birling10
- blaring10
- baling9
- baring9
- lairing8
- railing8
- rilling8
- bling8
- bring8
- ailing7
- airing7
- nilgai7
- riling7
- alibi7
- bairn7
- biali7
- binal7
- blain7
- blini7
- brail7
- brain7
- brill7
- libra7
- libri7
- bang7
- bing7
- blag7
- brag7
- brig7
- garb7
- glib7
- grab7
- algin6
- align6
- argil6
- garni6
- glair6
- glial6
- gnarl6
- grail6
- grain6
- grill6
- iring6
- liang6
- ligan6
- linga6
- abri6
- bail6
- ball6
- bani6
- barn6
- bill6
- birl6
- blin6
- bran6
- brin6
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