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BRAIDS

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BRAIDS Means

BRAIDS is a form of BRAID, which 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

BRAIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 R1 A1 I1 D2 S1.

Anagrams of BRAIDS (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In BRAIDS

100 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.

5 letter words (15)

4 letter words (41)

3 letter words (32)

2 letter words (12)

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