BRIERY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BRIERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRIERY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRIERY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRIERY
No single letter turns BRIERY into another word.
How BRIERY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BRIERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What does BRIERY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of briers; thorny and tangled with prickly stems.
Briery describes ground, hedges or thickets overgrown with wild thorny shrubs such as wild roses and brambles. Writers choose it for rough country that scratches and snags anyone who walks through, and it carries a rural, slightly old-fashioned tone. It can also be used as a noun for a place where briers grow, though that sense is rare.
How BRIERY is used
Literary or descriptive; used of thickets, hedges and rough pasture.
- The path ran through a briery thicket at the foot of the hill.
- Her sleeves were torn by the briery hedge along the lane.
- Rabbits hid in the briery corner of the field.
- He cleared a briery patch behind the barn to plant beans.
- The briery slope was no place for a picnic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRIERY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BRIERY
Common questions about BRIERY
- Is BRIERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRIERY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRIERY worth?
- BRIERY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRIERY mean?
- Full of briers; thorny and tangled with prickly stems.
- What letters can be added to BRIERY?
- No single letter can be added to BRIERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BRIERY:
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