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Is broach a Scrabble word?

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

B3R1O1A1C3H4

Is broach a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3R1O1A1C3H4

Is broach a Words With Friends word?

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

B4R1O1A1C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

BROACH,

5-letter words (10 found)

ABHOR,BRACH,BROCH,CARBO,CAROB,COARB,COBRA,COHAB,ORACH,ROACH,

4-letter words (16 found)

ACRO,ARCH,ARCO,BACH,BOAR,BORA,CARB,CHAO,CHAR,CRAB,HARO,HOAR,HORA,ORCA,RACH,ROCH,

3-letter words (33 found)

ABO,ACH,ARB,ARC,BAC,BAH,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOH,BOR,BRA,BRO,CAB,CAR,CHA,COB,COR,HAO,HOA,HOB,HOC,OAR,OBA,OCA,OCH,ORA,ORB,ORC,RAH,RHO,ROB,ROC,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AH,AR,BA,BO,CH,HA,HO,OB,OH,OR,

You can make 71 words from broach according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of broach

broach

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɹəʊtʃ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɹoʊt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊtʃ
  • Homophone: brooch

Etymology 1

From Middle English broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally a feminine form of Latin broccus, perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin (see Scottish Gaelic bròg; cognate to brochure).

Noun

broach (plural broaches)

  1. A series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. For example, the toothed stone chisel shown here.
  2. (masonry) A broad chisel for stone-cutting.
  3. Alternative spelling of brooch
  4. A spit for cooking food.
  5. An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.
  6. (architecture, UK, dialect) A spire rising from a tower.
  7. A spit-like start on the head of a young stag.
  8. The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
  9. The pin in a lock which enters the barrel of the key.
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Verb

broach (third-person singular simple present broaches, present participle broaching, simple past and past participle broached)

  1. (transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.
  2. (transitive) To open, to make an opening into; to pierce.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To begin discussion about (something).
Related terms
  • brochure
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Etymology 2

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Verb

broach (third-person singular simple present broaches, present participle broaching, simple past and past participle broached)

  1. (intransitive) To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.
  2. (transitive) To cause to turn sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves (usually followed by to; also figurative).
    • 18th C, Thomas Dibdin, Tom Bowling
      Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling ... for death hath broached him to.
  3. (nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
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See also

  • broach to

Anagrams

  • Chorba

Scots

Alternative forms

  • brutch, bruch, broche, brotch

Etymology

From Middle Scots broche, from Middle English broche, from Old French broche, from Vulgar Latin *brocca, originally a feminine form of Latin broccus; possibly ultimately of Gaulish provenance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɒtʃ/
  • (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈbrəʊtʃ/

Noun

broach (plural broachs)

  1. (archaic) A spindle.
  2. (archaic) A slender or thin person (especially as a nickname).

Source: wiktionary.org