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Is brigue a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word brigue is a Scrabble US word. The word brigue is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

B3R1I1G2U1E1

Is brigue a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word brigue is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3R1I1G2U1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BRIGUE,

5-letter words (2 found)

GEBUR,GIBER,

4-letter words (12 found)

BERG,BIER,BREI,BRIE,BRIG,BURG,GIBE,GRUB,GRUE,IURE,RUBE,URGE,

3-letter words (23 found)

BEG,BIG,BRU,BUG,BUR,ERG,GER,GIB,GIE,GUB,GUE,GUR,IRE,REB,REG,REI,RIB,RIG,RUB,RUE,RUG,URB,URE,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,BI,ER,GI,GU,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from brigue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of brigue

brigue

Etymology

Borrowed from French brigue, of uncertain origin. Compare Italian briga, Spanish brega.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹiːɡ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɡ

Noun

brigue (plural brigues)

  1. (obsolete) Intrigue; secretive machinations.
    • October 9 1749, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, in Letters to His Son, published in 1774
      the rise and decay of the Papal power , the politics of that Court , the Brigues of the Cardinals , the tricks of the Conclaves

Verb

brigue (third-person singular simple present brigues, present participle briguing, simple past and past participle brigued)

  1. (obsolete) To achieve or obtain by underhand methods.

French

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: briguent, brigues

Verb

brigue

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

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

brigue f (plural brigues)

  1. (Jersey) brig

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bri‧gue

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English brig.

Noun

brigue m (plural brigues)

  1. brig (two-masted vessel)
Related terms
  • brigar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

brigue

  1. inflection of brigar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Source: wiktionary.org