Definition of bristles

"bristles" in the noun sense

1. bristle

a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament natural or synthetic

2. bristle

a stiff hair

"bristles" in the verb sense

1. abound, burst, bristle

be in a state of movement or action

"The room abounded with screaming children"

"The garden bristled with toddlers"

2. bristle, uprise, stand up

rise up as in fear

"The dog's fur bristled"

"It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"

3. bristle

have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

"bristling leaves"

4. bristle

react in an offended or angry manner

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

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Quotations for bristles

As high as a hog, all but the bristles. [ Proverb ]

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment placing its victim naked on a bed of briars and bristles, thinly covered with rose-leaves, adorning his brow with a crown of gold, which burns into his brain; teasing, and fretting, and riddling him through and through with incessant discharges of hot shot from a masked battery; laying bare the most sensitive and shrinking nerves of his mind, and then blandly touching them with ice, or smilingly pricking them with needles. [ E. P. Whipple ]

bristles in Scrabble®

The word bristles 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: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters bristles:

BRISTLES
(99)
BRISTLES
(99)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

blister, bristle, relists, ribless, riblets

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word bristles

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

BRISTLES
(99)
BRISTLES
(99)
BLISTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
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RIBLESS
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(78 = 28 + 50)
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(77 = 27 + 50)
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(76 = 26 + 50)
RIBLESS
(76 = 26 + 50)
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(72 = 22 + 50)
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bristles in Words With Friends™

The word bristles 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: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters bristles:

RIBLETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
RIBLESS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BLISTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
BRISTLE
(98 = 63 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

blister, bristle, relists, ribless, riblets

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word bristles

BRISTLES
(84)
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(84)
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(66)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In bristles

RIBLETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
RIBLESS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BLISTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
BRISTLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
BRISTLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
BLISTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
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(86 = 51 + 35)
RIBLESS
(86 = 51 + 35)
RIBLESS
(86 = 51 + 35)
RIBLETS
(86 = 51 + 35)
BLISTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
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(86 = 51 + 35)
BRISTLES
(84)
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(84)
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(80 = 45 + 35)
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BRISTLES
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Words containing the sequence bristles

Words that start with bristles (1 word)

Words with bristles in them (1 word)

Words that end with bristles (1 word)

Word Growth involving bristles

Shorter words in bristles

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Longer words containing bristles

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