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Is bra a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bra is a Scrabble US word. The word bra is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

B3R1A1

Is bra a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bra is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

B3R1A1

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Yes. The word bra is a Words With Friends word. The word bra is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Bra

You can make 6 words from 'bra' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'bra'

ARB 5BAR 5
BRA 5 

2 letters words from 'bra'

AB 4AR 2
BA 4 

All 3 letters words made out of bra

bra rba bar abr rab arb

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bra. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bra.

Definitions and meaning of bra

bra

Pronunciation

  • enPR: brä, IPA(key): /bɹɑː/
  • (Ireland): IPA(key): /bɹæ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Etymology 1

Shortened from brassiere.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. Clipping of brassiere. [from 1920s]
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From bracket, referring to the notation introduced in 1939 by Paul Dirac.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. (physics) One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the other being the ket.
Antonyms
  • ket
Related terms
  • bra-ket notation

Etymology 3

Representing a different pronunciation of bro (“brother”).

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of bro; friend, mate
  2. (slang) female equivalent of bro

Further reading

  • brassiere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • ABR, ARB, Arb., Bar, Bar., RBA, Rab, abr., arb, bar, bar-

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English bra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɑː/

Noun

bra (plural bra's)

  1. bra, brassiere
  2. (Cape Afrikaans) bro, brah, bruh

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bra, shortened from brassiere, from French brassière.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bra

Noun

bra

  1. a bra; a brassiere

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bra.

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

bra

  1. arrow

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bras (“arm”)

Noun

bra

  1. arm

Khotanese

Adjective

bra

  1. dear

Norman

Alternative forms

  • brâs (continental Normandy)
  • bras (Jersey, Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French bras, from Vulgar Latin *bracium, from Classical Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Noun

bra m (plural bras)

  1. (Sark, anatomy) arm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾɑː/

Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative bedre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

  1. good, fine

Derived terms

  • kjempebra

Adverb

bra

  1. well

See also

  • god
  • vel

References

  • “bra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French brave.

Adjective

bra (indeclinable, comparative betre, indefinite superlative best, definite superlative beste)

  1. good, fine

Derived terms

  • kjempebra

See also

  • god
  • vel

References

  • “bra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Etymology 1

Borrowed from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

Adjective

bra (comparative mair bra, superlative maist bra)

  1. Very good or agreeable.

See also

  • guid
  • braw

Etymology 2

Borrowed from bra, shortened from brassiere.

Noun

bra (plural bras)

  1. An item of underwear worn to support the breasts.

See also

  • bra

Swedish

Etymology

Since at least 1621, from braf (“good, brave”); from Low German brav; from French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brɑː/, /brɒː/

Adjective

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

  1. good

Declension

Usage notes

In informal (often jocular or childish) contexts, bäst may be inflected further and given the comparative bästare (bester) and the superlative bästast, bästaste (bestest); these forms are also nonstandard.

Adverb

bra (comparative bättre, superlative bäst)

  1. well

See also

  • väl
  • god

Anagrams

  • -bar, bar

Yola

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

bra

  1. brave

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith

Zazaki

Alternative forms

  • bira
  • bıra

Etymology

Compare Persian برادر‎ (barâdar).

Noun

bra

  1. brother

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (short for) brassiere.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)