bristle

VERBNOUN /brɪsəl/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH B

bristle is a valid 7-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3R1I1S1T1L1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does bristle mean?

VERB · 4 SENSES
1

Rise up as in fear.

“The dog's fur bristled”

2

Be in a state of movement or action.

“The garden bristled with toddlers”

SYNONYMS
3

Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles.

4

React in an offended or angry manner.

“He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program”

NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic.

BROADER
RELATED
2

A stiff hair.

BROADER
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of bristle

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