Scrabble & Words with friends points
- brooding is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
- brooding is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
- brooding is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15
Definition of brooding
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body (noun)
Synonyms
- incubation
- persistent morbid meditation on a problem (noun)
Synonyms
- pensiveness
- deeply or seriously thoughtful (adjective)
Examples
- Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
Synonyms
- broody
- contemplative
- meditative
- musing
- pensive
- pondering
- reflective
- ruminative
See definition of brooding in Merriam Webster