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Is brothel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word brothel is a Scrabble US word. The word brothel is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is brothel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word brothel is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word brothel is a Words With Friends word. The word brothel is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

BROTHEL,

6-letter words (3 found)

BOLTER,BOTHER,LOTHER,

5-letter words (13 found)

BERTH,BLERT,BLORE,BOREL,BOTEL,BROTH,HELOT,HOTEL,OTHER,ROBLE,THOLE,THROB,THROE,

4-letter words (37 found)

BELT,BETH,BHEL,BLET,BLOT,BOET,BOLE,BOLT,BORE,BORT,BOTE,BOTH,EORL,HELO,HERB,HERL,HERO,HOER,HOLE,HOLT,HORE,HOTE,LEHR,LOBE,LORE,LOTE,LOTH,ORLE,ROBE,ROHE,ROLE,ROTE,ROTL,TEHR,THRO,TOLE,TORE,

3-letter words (35 found)

BEL,BET,BOH,BOR,BOT,BRO,ELT,ETH,HER,HET,HOB,HOE,HOT,LET,LOB,LOR,LOT,OBE,OLE,ORB,ORE,ORT,REB,REH,REO,RET,RHO,ROB,ROE,ROT,TEL,THE,THO,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (16 found)

BE,BO,EH,EL,ER,ET,HE,HO,LO,OB,OE,OH,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 106 words from brothel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of brothel

brothel

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɔθəl/, /ˈbɹɔðəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɒθəl/, (obsolete) /ˈbɹɒðəl/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑθəl/, /ˈbɹɑðəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒθəl, -ɒðəl
  • Hyphenation: broth‧el

Etymology 1

Short for brothel-house (“house of prostitution”), from brothel (“a wretch; scoundrel; lecher; harlot; prostitute”) + house, influenced by bordel. For more on brothel (“a wretch”), see below.

Noun

brothel (plural brothels)

  1. A house of prostitution.
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See also

  • escort agency
  • red-light district
  • prostitute

Etymology 2

Middle English brothel, brodel, brodelle, brethel (“a wretch, a depraved man or woman”) (compare also Middle English bretheling (“a wretch”)), apparently from an unrecorded Old English *brēoþel (“degenerative, corruptive”), related to Old English ābrēoþan (“to unsettle, degrade, ruin, frustrate, degenerate, deteriorate, fall away”); Old English ābroþen (“degenerate, base, trifling”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *breuþaną (“to fall apart; crumble”).

The expected modern English form would be *broddle (see fiddle); the failure of the change from /ðl/ to /dl/ may be because of the intervening schwa in the word's uninflected forms, influence from the verb, or most likely, a dialectal development (compare stathel besides staddle).

Noun

brothel (plural brothels)

  1. (obsolete) A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.

Anagrams

  • Holbert, blother

Source: wiktionary.org