Bruise

6 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

An injury to the underlying soft tissue or bone, typically visible as a discoloured mark on the skin.

“She had a tender bruise on her shin after walking into the corner of the coffee table.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/bruːz/

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Synonyms

contusionmarkdiscolouration

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Wordle

Contains the UI vowel pair and ends in silent E, common letters make it a strong Wordle guess

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Scrabble

Worth 8 points, the E ending allows easy extension and the word uses six common tiles

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Anagrams of Bruise

Words that use exactly the same letters as “bruise”.

buries busier rubies

Words one letter different

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cruise

Words you can make from Bruise

Shorter words formed from the letters in “bruise”.

biers birse bries brise burse rebus ribes rubes sieur suber beri bier bise brei brie bure buri burs eris ires rebs reis ribs rise

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