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Is bistre a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bistre is a Scrabble US word. The word bistre is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is bistre a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bistre is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word bistre is a Words With Friends word. The word bistre is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (7 found)

BESTIR,BISTER,BISTRE,BITERS,BITSER,BREIST,TRIBES,

5-letter words (20 found)

BESIT,BESTI,BIERS,BIRSE,BITER,BITES,BREIS,BRIES,BRISE,BRITS,REBIT,REIST,RESIT,RIBES,RITES,STIRE,TIERS,TIRES,TRIBE,TRIES,

4-letter words (31 found)

BEST,BETS,BIER,BISE,BIST,BITE,BITS,BREI,BRIE,BRIS,BRIT,ERST,IRES,REBS,REIS,REST,RETS,RIBS,RISE,RITE,RITS,SEIR,SIRE,SITE,STIE,STIR,TIER,TIES,TIRE,TRES,TRIE,

3-letter words (24 found)

BES,BET,BIS,BIT,ERS,EST,IRE,ITS,REB,REI,RES,RET,RIB,RIT,SEI,SER,SET,SIB,SIR,SIT,SRI,TES,TIE,TIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

BE,BI,ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from bistre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bistre

bistre

Alternative forms

  • bister

Etymology

French bistre

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪstə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪstɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

bistre (countable and uncountable, plural bistres)

  1. A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
  2. A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Bertis, Breits, Sibert, bestir, bister, biters, bitser, rebits, tribes

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bistʁ/
  • Homophones: bistrent, bistres

Etymology 1

Attested since the 16th century; further etymology unknown.

Adjective

bistre (plural bistres)

  1. bistre

Noun

bistre m (plural bistres)

  1. bistre
Derived terms
  • bistrer
Descendants
  • → Catalan: bistre
  • → English: bistre
  • → Italian: bistro
  • → Portuguese: bistre
  • → Swedish: bister

Etymology 2

Verb

bistre

  1. inflection of bistrer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “bistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

bistre

  1. inflection of bistar:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Source: wiktionary.org