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Is broil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word broil is a Scrabble US word. The word broil is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

B3R1O1I1L1

Is broil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word broil is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

B3R1O1I1L1

Is broil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word broil is a Words With Friends word. The word broil is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4R1O1I1L2

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5-letter words (1 found)

BROIL,

4-letter words (7 found)

BIRL,BIRO,BOIL,BRIO,LOBI,LOIR,ROIL,

3-letter words (12 found)

BIO,BOI,BOR,BRO,LIB,LOB,LOR,OBI,OIL,ORB,RIB,ROB,

2-letter words (8 found)

BI,BO,IO,LI,LO,OB,OI,OR,

You can make 28 words from broil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of broil

broil

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /bɹɔɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪl

Etymology 1

From Middle English broylen, brulen (“to broil, cook”), from Anglo-Norman bruiller, broiller (“to broil, roast”), Old French brusler, bruller (“to broil, roast, char”), a blend of two Old French verbs:

  • bruir (“to burn”), from Frankish *brōjan (“to burn, scald”)
  • usler (“to scorch”), from Latin ustulō (“to scorch”)

Verb

broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled)

  1. (transitive, Canada, US, obsolete in the UK) To cook by direct, radiant heat.
    Synonym: (British) grill
  2. (transitive, Canada, US) To expose to great heat.
  3. (intransitive, Canada, US) To be exposed to great heat.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

broil (plural broils)

  1. Food prepared by broiling.
Derived terms
  • London broil

Etymology 2

From Middle English broilen (“to quarrel, present in disorder”), from Anglo-Norman broiller (“to mix up”), from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre (“to jumble together”) from *brodum (“broth, stew”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”).

Alternative forms

  • broyl (obsolete)

Verb

broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled)

  1. (transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To brawl.

Noun

broil (plural broils)

  1. (archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
Synonyms
  • skirmish
Translations

Anagrams

  • LIBOR, libro-

Source: wiktionary.org