How many words start with BR?

1,257, ranging from 3 to 15 letters.

What is the best scoring word that starts with BR?

BRACHYCEPHALIC, worth 33 points in Scrabble.

BRACHYCEPHALIES and BRAUNSCHWEIGERS, at 15 letters.

1,257 words begin with BR, and BRACHYCEPHALIC scores the most at 33 points.

Showing the highest-scoring of 1,257 words. The pages linked below split the rest into smaller lists.

The dictionary contains 1,257 words that begin with BR — set out here by length.

Lengths span 3 to 15. The middle of that range is where the words are: 263 of them are 8 letters long.

If you are playing for score, BRACHYCEPHALIC at 33 points is the pick. It tops both tables: 36 in Words With Friends as well.

The full 15 letters are used by BRACHYCEPHALIES, BRAUNSCHWEIGERS and BRONCHOSCOPISTS.

If you need a narrower cut, the pages linked below split this set by letter and by length.

brachycephalic: an adult with a short broad head
bronchodilator: a drug that relaxes and dilates the bronchial passageways and improves the passages of air into the lungs
breathlessness: a dyspneic condition
brachycephaly: the quality of being brachycephalic
bronchoscopic: of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi

How many words start with BR?: 1,257, ranging from 3 to 15 letters.
What is the best scoring word that starts with BR?: BRACHYCEPHALIC, worth 33 points in Scrabble.
What is the longest word that starts with BR?: BRACHYCEPHALIES and BRAUNSCHWEIGERS, at 15 letters.