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BRISTLES

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

BRISTLES is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

BRISTLES root BRISTLE-s

Word family

BRISTLE 5 BRISTLING 11 BRISTLED-d 11
noun
  1. A stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.
    • the bristles of a pig
  2. A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.
  3. The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo rise or stand erect, like bristles.
    • His hair began to bristle with anger when the subject was mentioned.
    • The cat’s fur bristled when the dog approached.
    • The soldier’s body would bristle with tension before a battle.
  2. intransitiveusuallyTo abound, to be covered with, or to have an abundance of, something, especially something jutting out.
  3. intransitiveusuallyTo be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
    • The employees bristled at the prospect of working through the holidays.
  4. archaicobsoletetransitiveTo make (something) rise or stand erect, like bristles.
  5. transitiveuncommonTo cause (someone) to be on one's guard or raise one's defenses.
    • Your blatant attitude always bristles me.
  6. rareTo fix a bristle or bristles to.
    • to bristle a thread