BRISTLELIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BRISTLELIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRISTLELIKE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRISTLELIKE is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRISTLELIKE
No single letter turns BRISTLELIKE into another word.
How BRISTLELIKE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BRISTLELIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRISTLELIKE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRISTLELIKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Resembling bristles, being short, stiff and spiky.
Bristlelike hairs or spines are found on brushes, certain plants and insects. The word is mainly descriptive, helping naturalists compare an unfamiliar structure with something everybody has seen.
How BRISTLELIKE is used
Descriptive term used in botany and zoology, before nouns like hairs or spines.
- The beetle has bristlelike hairs on its legs.
- Bristlelike leaves covered the desert shrub.
- He shaved off his bristlelike moustache.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRISTLELIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BRISTLELIKE
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Common questions about BRISTLELIKE
- Is BRISTLELIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRISTLELIKE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRISTLELIKE worth?
- BRISTLELIKE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRISTLELIKE mean?
- Resembling bristles, being short, stiff and spiky.
- What letters can be added to BRISTLELIKE?
- No single letter can be added to BRISTLELIKE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BRISTLELIKE:
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