Definitions for brackens

brackens brack·en

Spelling: [brak-uh n]
IPA: /ˈbræk ən/

Brackens is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 384 anagrams from letters in brackens (abceknrs).

Definitions for brackens

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 brackens

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

Examples for brackens

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for brackens
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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