1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Braille in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does braille mean? Is braille a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is braille worth? braille how many points in Words With Friends? What does braille mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for braille

See how to calculate how many points for braille.

Is braille a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word braille is a Scrabble US word. The word braille is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

B3R1A1I1L1L1E1

Is braille a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word braille is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3R1A1I1L1L1E1

Is braille a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word braille is a Words With Friends word. The word braille is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4R1A1I1L2L2E1

Our tools

Valid words made from Braille

Jump to...

Results

7-letter words (3 found)

BALLIER,BRAILLE,LIBERAL,

6-letter words (8 found)

ALIBLE,BAILER,BALLER,BILLER,LABILE,LIABLE,LIBRAE,REBILL,

5-letter words (19 found)

ABLER,ARIEL,BALER,BELAR,BIRLE,BLAER,BLARE,BLEAR,BRAIL,BRILL,ERBIA,ILEAL,ILLER,LABEL,LIBEL,LIBER,LIBRA,RAILE,RILLE,

4-letter words (44 found)

ABER,ABLE,ABRI,ALBE,ARIL,ARLE,BAEL,BAIL,BALE,BALL,BARE,BEAL,BEAR,BELL,BIER,BILE,BILL,BIRL,BLAE,BRAE,BREI,BRIE,EARL,ILEA,LAER,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LEAL,LEAR,LEIR,LIAR,LIER,LIRA,LIRE,RABI,RAIL,RALE,REAL,RIAL,RIBA,RIEL,RILE,RILL,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIL,AIR,ALB,ALE,ALL,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAL,BAR,BEL,BRA,EAR,ELL,ERA,ILL,IRE,LAB,LAR,LEA,LEI,LIB,LIE,RAI,REB,REI,RIA,RIB,

2-letter words (14 found)

AB,AE,AI,AL,AR,BA,BE,BI,EA,EL,ER,LA,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 117 words from braille according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of braille

braille

Alternative forms

  • Braille

Etymology

Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling-pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹaɪ/ (approximating French pronunciation; uncommon)
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

braille (countable and uncountable, plural brailles)

  1. A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

Usage notes

The Braille Authority of North America recommends using lower-case braille for the script, and reserving capital Braille for the man. However, the script is commonly capitalized as well. In British English, the capitalised form Braille should always be used.

Derived terms

  • Bharati braille
  • braille block
  • brailler
  • braillewriter

Translations

Verb

braille (third-person singular simple present brailles, present participle brailling, simple past and past participle brailled)

  1. To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
  2. (informal, by extension) to identify something by touch.

Translations

Adjective

braille (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to or written in braille.

Further reading

  • braille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Briella, Liberal, liberal

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Braille (unofficial)

Etymology

Borrowed from French braille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbraːi̯ə/
  • Hyphenation: brail‧le

Noun

braille n (uncountable)

  1. braille

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁaj/

Etymology 1

Named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852).

Noun

braille m (plural brailles)

  1. braille

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

braille

  1. inflection of brailler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “braille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • bâiller, libéral

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English braille.

Noun

braille m (genitive singular braille)

  1. braille
    Synonym: scríbhneoireacht bhraille

Declension

Derived terms

  • cló bhraille m (“braille type”)

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “braille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “braille” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “braille” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “braille”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024

Middle English

Noun

braille

  1. Alternative form of brayle

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • braile

Pronunciation

Noun

braille m (plural brailles)

  1. braille (system of writing using raised dots)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾaile/ [ˈbɾai̯.le]
    • Rhymes: -aile

    • Syllabification: brai‧lle

Noun

braille m (uncountable)

  1. braille

Further reading

  • “braille”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • “braille, en minúscula, con elle y en redonda”, in Fundéu (in Spanish), 2020 January 2, retrieved 26 January 2024

Source: wiktionary.org