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Briar

b 3r 1i 1a 1r 1

About 2 syllables

noun · 5 letters · Rare

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does briar mean?

noun

  1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips

    Synonymssweetbriersweetbriarbriereglantinerosa eglanteria

  2. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries

    Synonymsbullbriergreenbriercatbrierhorse brierbrier

  3. evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes

    Synonymstree heathbriererica arborea

  4. a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath

    Synonymsbriar pipe

Is BRIAR a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) Yes

BRIAR is also on the original list of Wordle answers.

How many points is BRIAR worth?

Scrabble

7 pts
b 3r 1i 1a 1r 1

Words With Friends

8 pts
b 4r 1i 1a 1r 1

Wordfeud

8 pts
b 4r 1i 1a 1r 1

NYT Crossplay

8 pts
b 4r 1i 1a 1r 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BRIAR

Hooks for BRIAR

Add one letter to the front or back of BRIAR to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

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Words that end like BRIAR

Common words that share the ending -IAR, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

friarliarfamiliarpeculiarunfamiliarcaviar
All words ending in -IAR

Briar: quick answers

Is BRIAR a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. BRIAR is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 7 points before board bonuses.
How many points is BRIAR worth?
BRIAR scores 7 points in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends, 8 in Wordfeud and 8 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does briar mean?
As a noun, briar means “Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BRIAR?
You can make 17 shorter words from BRIAR, such as ABRI, BIRR, RABI, RIBA. See the full list.