bran

Plural: brans

Noun

broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting
food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
The European carrion crow.

Verb

Verb Forms: branned, branning, brans

To soak something in water mixed with bran.
To clean (metal) using a branner.

Examples

Sometimes you have to BRAN an awkward set of letters, hoping they’ll become useful later.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rotten, foul”) (compare Welsh braen (“stench”), Irish bréan (“rancid”), Walloon brin (“excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (compare Latin fragrāre (“to smell strongly”), Dutch brak (“hound”)).

Scrabble Score: 6

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

Words With Friends Score: 8

bran: valid Words With Friends Word