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What does brevity mean? Is brevity a Scrabble word?

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Is brevity a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word brevity is a Scrabble US word. The word brevity is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

B3R1E1V4I1T1Y4

Is brevity a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word brevity is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

B3R1E1V4I1T1Y4

Is brevity a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word brevity is a Words With Friends word. The word brevity is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4R1E1V5I1T1Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

BREVITY,

6-letter words (1 found)

VERITY,

5-letter words (5 found)

BITER,REBIT,RIVET,TRIBE,VIBEY,

4-letter words (29 found)

BEVY,BIER,BITE,BREI,BREY,BRIE,BRIT,BYRE,BYTE,RITE,RIVE,TIER,TIRE,TIVY,TREY,TRIE,TRYE,TYER,TYRE,VERB,VERT,VERY,VIBE,VIER,VIRE,VITE,YBET,YETI,YITE,

3-letter words (20 found)

BET,BEY,BIT,BYE,IRE,IVY,REB,REI,RET,REV,RIB,RIT,RYE,TIE,TRY,TYE,VET,VIE,YER,YET,

2-letter words (10 found)

BE,BI,BY,ER,ET,IT,RE,TE,TI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from brevity according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of brevity

brevity

Etymology

First attested in English in 1509; either:

  • Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or
  • from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛvəti/

Noun

brevity (countable and uncountable, plural brevities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
  2. (uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
  3. (rare, countable) A short piece of writing.

Synonyms

  • (quality of being brief in duration): ephemerality, fleetingness, transiency; see also Thesaurus:transience
  • (succinctness): concision, laconicism, terseness; see also Thesaurus:succinctness

Derived terms

  • brevitic
  • brevity is the soul of wit

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See also

  • Appendix:Brief amounts of time

Source: wiktionary.org