Definitions for bisters

bisters bis·ter

Spelling: [bis-ter]
IPA: /ˈbɪs tər/

Bisters is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in bisters (beirsst).

Definitions for bisters

noun

  1. bistre.
  2. a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
  3. a yellowish to dark-brown color.

Origin of bisters

1720-30; French, Middle French, of obscure origin

Examples for bisters

Occasionally there are a few spots or scrawls of "bister" or "clove brown" about the larger end.

The markings are in dark shades of brown, "burnt umber," "bister," or "bone brown."

The eggs themselves, protectively colored in bister and black, are mauled about and soiled in the mud; but the day is saved.

At that very moment the Bishop of bister's crozier lay on the table of a London mansion.

One egg of the set has the "bister" markings larger and thicker on the large end.

The ears seem not to be connected across the forehead; the color is near (l) bister above and slightly lighter on the underparts.

It was apparently Greek, yet it was not the language his lordship of bister had learnt at school and college.

She looked white and spent; there were bister circles round her eyes.

Word Value for bisters
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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