Definitions for bracken

bracken brack·en

Spelling: [brak-uh n]
IPA: /ˈbræk ən/

Bracken is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in bracken (abceknr).

Definitions for bracken

noun

  1. a large fern or brake, especially Pteridium aquilinum.
  2. a cluster or thicket of such ferns; an area overgrown with ferns and shrubs.

Origin of bracken

1275-1325; Middle English braken Scandinavian; compare Swedish bräken fern, Norwegian brake juniper

Examples for bracken

"In the grasses and the bracken," said Gilian, singing it to himself as if it were a coronach.

When I've heat enough for ol' Mrs. Johnson it's too hot for Mrs. bracken.

I thought I'd have to wait until Mrs. bracken came home to let me out.

Mr. bracken did not take his hat and mutter that he would be back for dinner.

Oh, Mrs. bracken, how could any man with a heart steal a child's pet bird!

I put her on the shelf in Mrs. bracken's kitchen and she—she disappeared!

I rung my bell, and desired Mr. bracken might be sent to me.

And off I went among the bracken, thanking God for this peril escaped.

Mrs. bracken slipped across the room and put her hand on his arm.

I wiped it with a tuft of bracken, and I laughed with something of a bitterness.

Word Value for bracken
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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