What does BRACE mean?

Pronunciation
/breɪs/
Letters
5
Scrabble score
9
Words With Friends score
11
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

verb

  1. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
  2. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace“brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel”
  3. support by bracing
  4. cause to be alert and energetic“Coffee and tea stimulate me”

noun

  1. a support that steadies or strengthens something else“he wore a brace on his knee”
  2. two items of the same kind
  3. a set of two similar things considered as a unit
  4. either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Anagrams of BRACE

caber9acerb9

Words inside BRACE

27 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

acre6 bare6 bear6 brae6carb8care6 crab8 race6 ace5 arb5arc5 are3 bar5 bra5 cab7 car5 ear3 era3 reb5rec5ab4 ae2ar2 ba4be4 er2re2

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Questions

Is BRACE a valid word in word games?

BRACE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is BRACE worth?

BRACE is worth 9 points with Scrabble letter values and 11 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from BRACE?

27 other words, including BE, ARE, CARE and CAR.