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What does birch mean? Is birch a Scrabble word?

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Is birch a Scrabble word?

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

B3I1R1C3H4

Is birch a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3I1R1C3H4

Is birch a Words With Friends word?

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

B4I1R1C4H3

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5-letter words (1 found)

BIRCH,

4-letter words (3 found)

CHIB,CRIB,RICH,

3-letter words (4 found)

CHI,HIC,ICH,RIB,

2-letter words (3 found)

BI,CH,HI,

You can make 11 words from birch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of birch

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word birch. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in birch.

Definitions and meaning of birch

birch

Etymology

From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bû(r)ch, IPA(key): /bɜːtʃ/
  • (US) enPR: bû(r)ch, IPA(key): /bɝt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ

Noun

birch (countable and uncountable, plural birches)

  1. Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
  3. A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
    Synonyms: makepeace, switch
  4. A birch-bark canoe.

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Verb

birch (third-person singular simple present birches, present participle birching, simple past and past participle birched)

  1. To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  2. To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Derived terms

  • bircher

Translations

References

  • “birch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “birch”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

birch

  1. Alternative form of birche

Source: wiktionary.org