What it means
- (noun) A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
- (verb) To affect one's mind by using extreme mental pressure or any other mind-affecting process. (e.g. hypnosis)
- (verb) To take from an electronically controlled machine its stored-up information; to erase a computer's programming. (1960)
Letter analysis
- Brainwash contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Sub-words
- banish
- brains
- sharia
- abash
- arias
- awash
- barns
- basin
- brain
- brash
- brawn
- hairs
- rains
- sahib
- swain
- warns
- whirs
- airs
- aria
- baas
- bani
- bans
- barn
- bars
- bash
- bias
- bins
- bran
- bras
- hair
- haws
- nabs
- nibs
- rain
- rash
- ribs
- sari
- sawn
- shin
- swab
- swan
- warn
- wars
- wash
- whir
- wins
- wish
- aha
- air
- ani
- ash
- baa
- bah
- ban
- bar
- bin
- bra
- has
- haw
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with BRA
- bra
- brace
- braced
- bracelet
- bracelets
- braces
- bracing
- bracken
- bracket
- bracketed
- bracketing
- brackets
- brackish
- bract
- bracts
- brad
- brads
- brag
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Words ending with ASH
Common questions
What does Brainwash mean?
A distorting effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas, as by propaganda.
How many letters are in Brainwash?
Brainwash has 9 letters.
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