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Is blemish a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word blemish is a Scrabble US word. The word blemish is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

B3L1E1M3I1S1H4

Is blemish a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word blemish is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

B3L1E1M3I1S1H4

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Yes. The word blemish is a Words With Friends word. The word blemish is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4L2E1M4I1S1H3

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7-letter words (1 found)

BLEMISH,

5-letter words (12 found)

BHELS,BILES,HEILS,HELMS,HIEMS,LEISH,LIMBS,LIMES,MILES,SHIEL,SLIME,SMILE,

4-letter words (31 found)

BELS,BHEL,BILE,BISE,BISH,EISH,ELHI,ELMS,HEIL,HELM,HEMS,HIES,HIMS,ISLE,LEIS,LIBS,LIES,LIMB,LIME,MELS,MESH,MIBS,MILE,MILS,MISE,SEIL,SEMI,SHIM,SILE,SLEB,SLIM,

3-letter words (30 found)

BEL,BES,BIS,EHS,ELM,ELS,EMS,HEM,HES,HIE,HIM,HIS,ISH,ISM,LEI,LES,LIB,LIE,LIS,MEH,MEL,MES,MIB,MIL,MIS,SEI,SEL,SHE,SIB,SIM,

2-letter words (15 found)

BE,BI,EH,EL,EM,ES,HE,HI,HM,IS,LI,ME,MI,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 90 words from blemish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of blemish

blemish

Etymology

From Middle English blemisshen, blemissen, from Old French blemiss-, stem of Old French blemir, blesmir (“make pale, injure, wound, bruise”) (French blêmir), from Old Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to make pale”), from Old Frankish *blasmī (“pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“white, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bles (“white spot”), German blass (“pale”), Old English āblered (“bare, uncovered, bald, shaven”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛmɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmɪʃ
  • Hyphenation: blem‧ish

Noun

blemish (plural blemishes)

  1. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
  2. A moral defect; a character flaw.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:defect

Related terms

  • blemished (adjective)
  • blemishless
  • blemishment
  • emblemishment (obsolete)

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Verb

blemish (third-person singular simple present blemishes, present participle blemishing, simple past and past participle blemished)

  1. (transitive) To spoil the appearance of.
  2. (transitive) To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

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Source: wiktionary.org