Is BROWNING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BROWNING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BROWNING mean?
- noun
United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
- noun
English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
- noun
English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
- noun
cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
“proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
8
Letters
B (3) + R (1) + O (1) + W (4) + N (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 14 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 BROWNING
Single letters that turn BROWNING into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from BROWNING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- bowing12
- ingrown11
- owning10
- rowing10
- brown10
- boning9
- boring9
- orbing9
- robing9
- grown9
- owing9
- wring9
- wrong9
- brow9
- inborn8
- bingo8
- boing8
- bring8
- gown8
- grow8
- wing8
- bow8
- robin7
- bing7
- biog7
- bong7
- brig7
- wino7
- worn7
- wig7
- giron6
- groin6
- biro6
- born6
- brin6
- brio6
- big6
- bog6
- gib6
- gob6
- now6
- own6
- row6
- win6
- won6
- ronin5
- girn5
- giro5
- grin5
- ring5
- bin5
- bio5
- bro5
- nib5
- nob5
- obi5
- orb5
- rib5
- rob5
- ow5
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