Definitions For Brood

noun

  • The young of an animal cared for at one time
  • A group of young birds (such as chickens) that were all born at the same time
  • The children in someone's family

verb

  • Sit on (eggs)
  • Think moodily or anxiously about something
  • Be in a huff; be silent or sullen
  • Be in a huff and display one's displeasure
  • Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
  • To think a lot about something in an unhappy way

Is Brood a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
9

The word Brood is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Brood in a Sentence

  • A hen and her brood of chicks
  • Mrs. Smith took her brood to church every Sunday.
  • He brooded over his mistake.
  • After the argument, she sat in her bedroom, brooding.

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