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Is beach a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word beach is a Scrabble US word. The word beach is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is beach a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word beach is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

BEACH,

4-letter words (3 found)

ACHE,BACH,EACH,

3-letter words (10 found)

ACE,ACH,BAC,BAE,BAH,CAB,CHA,CHE,ECH,HAE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AE,AH,BA,BE,CH,EA,EH,HA,HE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from beach according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of beach

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Definitions and meaning of beach

beach

Etymology

From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”).

Cognate with Dutch beek (“brook, stream”), German Bach (“brook, stream”), Swedish bäck (“stream, brook, creek”). More at batch, beck.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /biːt͡ʃ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bit͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ
  • Homophone: beech

Noun

beach (plural beaches)

  1. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
  2. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.
  3. (UK dialectal, Sussex, Kent) The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle.
  4. (motor racing, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap
  5. (sports) A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand.
  6. (euphemistic, slang) Bitch (the taboo swear word) #:

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Descendants

  • → Japanese: ビーチ
  • → Punjabi: ਬੀਚ (bīc)
  • → Zulu: ibhishi

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Verb

beach (third-person singular simple present beaches, present participle beaching, simple past and past participle beached)

  1. (intransitive) To run aground on a beach.
  2. (transitive) To run (something) aground on a beach.
  3. (of a vehicle) To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction.

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Anagrams

  • Bache, bache

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English beach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bitʃ/

Noun

beach m (plural beachs)

  1. (Congo) port where goods and passengers embark and debark

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bech, from Proto-Celtic *beko-, *bikos (compare Middle Welsh beg-egyr, byg-egyr (“drone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, *bʰoyk- (compare Latin fūcus and, perhaps, Proto-Slavic *bьčela), enlargement of *bʰey- (compare Welsh by-daf (“beehive”), English bee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲax/

Noun

beach f (genitive singular beiche, nominative plural beacha)

  1. bee (insect)

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Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bech, from Proto-Celtic *beko-, *bikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, *bʰoik-, enlargement of *bʰī-, *bʰei-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛx/

Noun

beach m (genitive singular beacha, plural beachan)

  1. bee
    Synonym: seillean
  2. beehive
  3. wasp
    Synonym: speach

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References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “beach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “beach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page 31
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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