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BRUSHES

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BRUSHES Means

BRUSHES is a form of BRUSH, which means:

  1. noun: a dense growth of bushes
  2. noun: an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle
  3. verb: rub with a brush, or as if with a brush“Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket”
  4. verb: touch lightly and briefly“He brushed the wall lightly”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BRUSHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 R1 U1 S1 H4 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of BRUSHES (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In BRUSHES

93 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.

6 letter words (9)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (32)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (10)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.