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BRACE

5 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

BRACE is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BRACES-s 3 BRACING 5 BRACED-d 3

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Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

BRACINGS 11 BRACINGLY 11
noun
  1. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
    • a brace and bit
  2. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
  3. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
  4. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
  5. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
  6. Harness; warlike preparation.
  7. A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
  8. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
  9. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
  10. A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
  11. CornwallUKThe mouth of a shaft.
  12. UKStraps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
  13. pluralsingularA system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
  14. Two goals scored by one player in a game.
  15. Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.
  16. obsoleteArmor for the arm; vambrace.
  17. obsoleteA measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
verb
  1. intransitivetransitiveTo prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
    • All hands, brace for impact!
    • Brace yourself!
    • The boy has no idea about everything that's been going on. You need to brace him for what's about to happen.
  2. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
    • He braced himself against the crowd.
  3. To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
    • to brace the yards
  4. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
  5. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
  6. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
    • to brace a beam in a building
  7. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
    • to brace the nerves
  8. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.