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Yes, bristle is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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"Bristle" Definition

noun

A stiff hair.
A stiff hairlike structure: the bristles of a wire brush.
A short stiff coarse hair or filament.

verb-intransitive

To be covered or thick with or as if with bristles: The path bristled with thorns.
To raise the bristles: The cat bristled at the sight of the large dog.
To react in an angry or offended manner: The author bristled at the suggestion of plagiarism.

verb-transitive

To cause to stand erect like bristles; stiffen.
To furnish or supply with bristles.
To make bristly; ruffle.

verb

To furnish with .
To make .
To rise and stand stiffly erect .
To raise the bristles (as in anger).
To take on an aggressively defensive attitude (as in response to a slight or criticism) .

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