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brittle

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Is brittle a Scrabble word?

Yes, brittle is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of brittle?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (archaeology, of rocks, minerals, etc) Tending to fracture in a conchoidal way; capable of being knapped or flaked.

2. (engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.

3. (informal, proscribed, of diabetes) Characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.informalproscribed

noun (English)

1. (by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.broadlyuncountableusually

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To become brittle.Examples: "The project is based on a similar project, the Class project, which was started by the University of Cornell several years ago under the leadership of Stuart Lynn to preserve brittling old books."; "Her heart fluttered, then stilled when May snapped the image away and her voice brittled."intransitive

2. (transitive, obsolete) To gut.Examples: "Not being versed in the terms of English venery, he asked Abbot Ulfketyl what brittling of a deer might mean; and being informed that it was that operation on the carcass of a stag which his countrymen called eventrer, and Highland gillies now “gralloching”[.]"obsoletetransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "brittle"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "brittle"?

Scrabble
9 points
B3
R1
I1
T1
T1
L1
E1
Words With Friends
11 points
B4
R1
I1
T1
T1
L2
E1

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