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BRAID

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BRAID Means

  1. verb: make by braiding or interlacing“lace a tablecloth”
  2. verb: decorate with braids or ribbons“braid a collar”
  3. noun: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  4. noun: trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BRAID is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 R1 A1 I1 D2.

Anagrams of BRAID (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In BRAID

38 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (9)

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