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Is breech a Scrabble word?

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

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Is breech a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is breech a Words With Friends word?

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

B4R1E1E1C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

BREECH,

5-letter words (5 found)

BEECH,CHEER,CHERE,REBEC,REECH,

4-letter words (11 found)

BEER,BERE,BREE,CERE,CHER,CREE,ECHE,EECH,HEBE,HERB,HERE,

3-letter words (10 found)

BEE,CEE,CHE,ECH,ERE,HER,REB,REC,REE,REH,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,CH,EE,EH,ER,HE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 35 words from breech according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of breech

breech

Etymology

From Middle English breche, from Old English brēċ, from Proto-Germanic *brōkiz pl, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“clothing for loins and thighs”). Cognate with Dutch broek, Alemannic German Bruech, Swedish brok. Doublet of vraka.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /bɹiːt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ
  • Homophone: breach

Noun

breech (countable and uncountable, plural breeches)

  1. (historical, now only in the plural or attributive) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]
  2. (now rare) The buttocks or backside. [from 16th c.]
  3. (firearms) The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. [from 16th c.]
    Coordinate term: muzzle
  4. (nautical) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
  5. (obstetrics) A breech birth.

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Adverb

breech (not comparable)

  1. (obstetrics, of birth) With the hips coming out before the head.

Derived terms

  • breech birth

Adjective

breech (not comparable)

  1. (obstetrics) Born, or having been born, breech.

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Verb

breech (third-person singular simple present breeches, present participle breeching, simple past and past participle breeched)

  1. (dated, transitive) To dress in breeches. (especially) To dress a boy in breeches or trousers for the first time (the breeching ceremony).
    • 1748-1832, Jeremy Bentham, The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 10:
      […] it occurred before I was breeched, and I was breeched at three years and a quarter old;
  2. (dated, transitive) To beat or spank on the buttocks.
  3. (transitive) To fit or furnish with a breech.
  4. (transitive) To fasten with breeching.
  5. (poetic, transitive, obsolete) To cover as if with breeches.

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See also

  • breeches

Further reading

  • breeches on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Becher

Source: wiktionary.org