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Is anguish a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word anguish is a Scrabble US word. The word anguish is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is anguish a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word anguish is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is anguish a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word anguish is a Words With Friends word. The word anguish is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

ANGUISH,HAUSING,

6-letter words (5 found)

AGUISH,ASHING,HANGIS,HINAUS,SAGUIN,

5-letter words (21 found)

AHING,ANIGH,GAINS,GNASH,GUANS,HAINS,HANGI,HANGS,HAUNS,HINAU,HINGS,HUIAS,NASHI,NIGHS,SANGH,SAUGH,SIGNA,SUGAN,SUING,UNAIS,USING,

4-letter words (55 found)

AGIN,AHIS,AINS,ANIS,ANUS,AUGH,GAIN,GANS,GASH,GAUN,GAUS,GHIS,GINS,GNUS,GUAN,GUNS,GUSH,HAGS,HAIN,HANG,HAUN,HING,HINS,HISN,HUGS,HUIA,HUIS,HUNG,HUNS,INGS,ISNA,NAGS,NGAI,NIGH,NISH,NUGS,SAIN,SANG,SHAG,SHAN,SHIN,SHUN,SIGH,SIGN,SING,SINH,SNAG,SNIG,SNUG,SUGH,SUNG,SUNI,UGHS,UNAI,UNIS,

3-letter words (48 found)

AGS,AHI,AHS,AIN,AIS,ANI,ANS,ASH,GAN,GAS,GAU,GHI,GIN,GIS,GNU,GUN,GUS,HAG,HAN,HAS,HIN,HIS,HUG,HUI,HUN,ING,INS,ISH,NAG,NAH,NAS,NIS,NUG,NUS,SAG,SAI,SAN,SAU,SHA,SIG,SIN,SUG,SUI,SUN,UGH,UGS,UNI,UNS,

2-letter words (19 found)

AG,AH,AI,AN,AS,GI,GU,HA,HI,IN,IS,NA,NU,SH,SI,UG,UH,UN,US,

You can make 150 words from anguish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of anguish

anguish

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăngʹ-gwĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋɡwɪʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English angwissh, anguishe, angoise, from Anglo-Norman anguise, anguisse, from Old French angoisse, from Latin angustia (“narrowness, scarcity, difficulty, distress”), from angustus (“narrow, difficult”), from angere (“to press together, cause pain, distress”). See angst, the Germanic cognate, and anger.

Noun

anguish (countable and uncountable, plural anguishes)

  1. Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
    Synonyms: agony, calvary, cross, pang, torture, torment; see also Thesaurus:agony
    • 1549, Hugh Latimer, "The Third Sermon Preached before King Edward VI:
      So, ye miserable people; you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English angwischen, anguis(s)en, from Old French angoissier, anguissier, from the noun (see Etymology 1).

Verb

anguish (third-person singular simple present anguishes, present participle anguishing, simple past and past participle anguished)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer pain.
    • c. 1900s, Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song, traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland
      We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish, it burns for the home that we’ll never see again.
  2. (transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
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Further reading

  • “anguish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “anguish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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