Is BRANDISHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BRANDISHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BRANDISHES mean?
Brandishes is a form of BRANDISH.
- verb
move or swing back and forth
“She waved her gun”
- verb
exhibit aggressively
“brandish a sword”
- noun
the act of waving
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
10
Letters
B (3) + R (1) + A (1) + N (1) + D (2) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BRANDISHES
BRANDISHES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BRANDISHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- banishers14
- banished14
- brandish14
- hardiness13
- banisher13
- banishes13
- banshies13
- behinds13
- berdash13
- rabidness12
- airsheds12
- danishes12
- handsier12
- hardness12
- radishes12
- shandies12
- banshie12
- bashers12
- bearish12
- brashes12
- bashed12
- behind12
- brandies11
- drabness11
- seabirds11
- sidebars11
- airshed11
- dashers11
- dashier11
- dehairs11
- handers11
- handier11
- hardens11
- hardies11
- hinders11
- nerdish11
- sandhis11
- shaders11
- shadier11
- shairds11
- shrined11
- banish11
- basher11
- bashes11
- bishes11
- rehabs11
- sahibs11
- abiders10
- arshins10
- badness10
- banders10
- bandier10
- bandies10
- basined10
- biassed10
- binders10
- brained10
- braised10
- brassed10
- darbies10
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