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Is breach a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word breach is a Scrabble US word. The word breach is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

B3R1E1A1C3H4

Is breach a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word breach is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

B3R1E1A1C3H4

Is breach a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word breach is a Words With Friends word. The word breach is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4R1E1A1C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

BREACH,

5-letter words (10 found)

ACERB,BEACH,BRACE,BRACH,CABER,CABRE,CHARE,RACHE,REACH,REHAB,

4-letter words (21 found)

ABER,ACER,ACHE,ACRE,ARCH,BACH,BARE,BEAR,BRAE,CARB,CARE,CHAR,CHER,CRAB,EACH,HARE,HEAR,HERB,RACE,RACH,RHEA,

3-letter words (23 found)

ACE,ACH,ARB,ARC,ARE,BAC,BAE,BAH,BAR,BRA,CAB,CAR,CHA,CHE,EAR,ECH,ERA,HAE,HER,RAH,REB,REC,REH,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AE,AH,AR,BA,BE,CH,EA,EH,ER,HA,HE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from breach according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of breach

breach

Etymology

From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach, breaking, destruction”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach, fissure”) and *brēkō (“breaking”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɹiːtʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ
  • Homophone: breech

Noun

breach (plural breaches)

  1. A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
    Synonyms: break, rupture, fissure
  2. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
  3. (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
  4. A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
  5. (figurative) A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
  6. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
    Synonyms: surge, surf
  7. A breaking out upon; an assault.
  8. (archaic) A bruise; a wound.
  9. (archaic) A hernia; a rupture.

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Verb

breach (third-person singular simple present breaches, present participle breaching, simple past and past participle breached)

  1. (transitive) To make a breach in.
    They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
  2. (transitive) To violate or break.
  3. (transitive, nautical, of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
  4. (intransitive, of a whale) To leap out of the water.
  5. (law, informal, transitive, usually passive) To charge or convict (someone) of breaching the terms of a bail, probation, recognizance, etc.

Derived terms

  • breacher

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Anagrams

  • Bacher

Source: wiktionary.org