Definition of brandishing

"brandishing" in the verb sense

1. brandish, flourish, wave

move or swing back and forth

"She waved her gun"

2. brandish

exhibit aggressively

"brandish a sword"

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brandishing in Scrabble®

The word brandishing is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters brandishing:

BRANDISHING

(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

abiding, airings, arising, banding, bashing, biasing, binding, birding, darning, dashing, dishing, dishrag, garnish, handing, hidings, indians, ingrain, innards, raiding, raining, raising, ridings, rinsing, sanding, shading, sharing, shindig, shining, snaring

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In brandishing

BRANDISHING

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BRANDISHING

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BRANDISHING

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GARNISH

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brandishing in Words With Friends™

The word brandishing is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters brandishing:

BRANDISHING

(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word brandishing

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In brandishing

BRANDISHING

(261)

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BRANDISHING

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BRANDISHING

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Words within the letters of brandishing

2 letter words in brandishing (13 words)

ab ad ag ah ai an ar as ha hi id in is

3 letter words in brandishing (43 words)

abs ads aid air ais and ars ash bad bag ban bar bid big bin bra dab dig din gab gad gas gin had hag has hid his ids inn ins nab nag nib rag ran rib rid rig sad sag sin sir

4 letter words in brandishing (82 words)

5 letter words in brandishing (57 words)

6 letter words in brandishing (37 words)

7 letter words in brandishing (29 words)

8 letter words in brandishing (9 words)

abidings bindings braiding braining braising branding brandish draining hangbird

9 letter words in brandishing (4 words)

banishing hangbirds hindbrain sardining

10 letter words in brandishing (1 word)

hindbrains

11 letter words in brandishing (1 word)

brandishing

brandishing + 1 blank (1 word)

disbranching

brandishing + 2 blanks (1 word)

rebrandishing

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Words containing the sequence brandishing

Words that start with brandishing (1 word)

brandishing

Words with brandishing in them (1 word)

brandishing

Words that end with brandishing (2 words)

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Word Growth involving brandishing

Shorter words in brandishing

bra bran brand brandish

an ran bran brand brandish

an and rand brand brandish

an ran rand brand brandish

is dish brandish

is dish dishing

hi shin dishing

in shin dishing

Longer words containing brandishing

rebrandishing