Is BRR a valid word?

BRR is what people say when they are cold, a shiver turned into a word; BRRR, with a third R, is valid too. It has no vowel at all, so it is a lifesaver when your rack is all consonants and you hold a B and two R tiles. Picture stepping outside on a winter morning and saying it through chattering teeth. Because so many players have never seen it written down, expect a challenge now and then, and enjoy winning it. Its cousins on the no-vowel list are the other sounds people make: HMM, SHH, PST, TSK and ZZZ.

Before any bonus squares: B 3 + R 1 + R 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the B on a 3L square and BRR is worth 11 before any word bonus.

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

Swap any one letter of BRR and these are still words:

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters B, R and R.

BRR is the sound of shivering in the cold. Add another R for BRRR.

• Words without vowels

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