brandy

Plural: brandies

Noun

distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
Any variety of brandy.
A glass of brandy.

Verb

Verb Forms: brandied, brandying, brandies

To mix or flavor with brandy, an alcoholic spirit.
To preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy.

Examples

I tried to BRANDY up my score with a complex word, but it just wasn’t valid.

Origin / Etymology

Shortened form of brandywine, from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”). Compare German Brantewein, Branntwein, Danish brændevin.

Synonyms

aqua vitae, eau de vie

Scrabble Score: 12

brandy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
brandy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brandy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

brandy: valid Words With Friends Word