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Briary

6 lettersadjectiverare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Covered with or full of thorns, spines, or dense prickly growth.

The path through the briary thicket tore at their clothing.

Pronunciation

Syllables

bri·ar·y

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Synonyms

thornypricklybrambled

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Wordle

Ends in -ARY, the I after BR and the Y ending make it vowel-rich and worth considering for probes

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Scrabble

The Y ending is useful for balancing vowel-heavy racks, all tiles are common low scorers

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