Is “Brute” a Scrabble word?
Yes
BRUTE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Brute
/bɹuːt/
noun
1.An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
2.A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
“One of them was a hulking brute of a man, heavily tattooed and with a hardened face that practically screamed "I just got out of jail."”
3.(Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
verb
1.To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
adjective
1.Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
“a brute beast”
2.Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
3.Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
“the brute earth; the brute powers of nature”