BRIAR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BRIAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRIAR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRIAR is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRIAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRIAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRIAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,983.
What does BRIAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thorny, tangled shrub, especially a wild rose or bramble, with woody stems bearing sharp prickles.
A briar patch can quickly become impassable, since the tangled, thorny stems catch on clothing and skin alike, a fact folk tales about clever rabbits often use for comic effect. Beyond the plant itself, briar also names the hard, gnarled root of the tree heath, which pipe makers carve into durable tobacco pipes prized for resisting heat and cracking. Gardeners often must clear briar growth aggressively, since the plant spreads and roots wherever its arching stems touch the ground. The word briar shares its meaning with the older spelling brier, both describing the same prickly growth.
How BRIAR is used
Common in everyday and literary description of thorny plants, and in specialist writing about tobacco pipes.
- The rabbit disappeared into a thick tangle of briar.
- Thorns from the briar scratched her arms as she pushed through the hedge.
- He smoked a hand-carved briar pipe every evening after dinner.
- Gardeners spent the whole afternoon clearing briar from the fence line.
- Wild roses grew as briar along the abandoned railway track.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRIAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRIAR
11 longer words begin with BRIAR.
Words ending in BRIAR
3 words end in BRIAR. Useful as a back hook: play BRIAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with BRIAR inside
3 words contain BRIAR in the middle. Words that start with BRIAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRIAR
Common questions about BRIAR
- Is BRIAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRIAR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRIAR worth?
- BRIAR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRIAR mean?
- A thorny, tangled shrub, especially a wild rose or bramble, with woody stems bearing sharp prickles.
- What letters can be added to BRIAR?
- BRIAR takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRIAR:
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