brindle

Plural: brindles

Adjective Satellite

having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

Noun

A streaked or spotted color pattern, often found on animals.
A streaky colouration in animals.
An animal so coloured.

Adj

Having such a colouration; brindled.

Verb

To form streaks of a different color.

Examples

A BRINDLE of letters on the rack meant a real challenge to form a bingo.

Origin / Etymology

Back-formation from brindled, a variant of brinded (“streaked, spotted”), apparently reanalyzed as brindle + -ed. Attested from the late seventeenth century.

Synonyms

brinded, brindled, tabby

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

brindle: valid Words With Friends Word