bristly

ADJECTIVE /brisli/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH B

bristly is a valid 7-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3R1I1S1T1L1Y4
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING

What does bristly mean?

ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1

Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

“a horse with a short bristly mane”

“bristly shrubs”

SIMILAR
2

Very irritable.

“bristly exchanges between the White House and the press”