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BRISTLES

8 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BRISTLES Means

BRISTLES is a form of BRISTLE, which means:

  1. verb: be in a state of movement or action“The room abounded with screaming children”
  2. verb: rise up as in fear“The dog's fur bristled”
  3. noun: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
  4. noun: a stiff hair

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BRISTLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 R1 I1 S1 T1 L1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of BRISTLES (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.