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Is famish a Scrabble word?

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

F4A1M3I1S1H4

Is famish a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4A1M3I1S1H4

Is famish a Words With Friends word?

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

F4A1M4I1S1H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

FAMISH,

5-letter words (1 found)

MIHAS,

4-letter words (14 found)

AHIS,AIMS,AMIS,FAHS,FASH,FISH,HAMS,HIMS,MASH,MIHA,SAIM,SHAM,SHIM,SIMA,

3-letter words (23 found)

AHI,AHS,AIM,AIS,AMI,ASH,FAH,FAS,HAM,HAS,HIM,HIS,IFS,ISH,ISM,MAS,MIS,SAI,SAM,SHA,SIF,SIM,SMA,

2-letter words (14 found)

AH,AI,AM,AS,FA,HA,HI,HM,IF,IS,MA,MI,SH,SI,

You can make 53 words from famish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of famish

famish

Etymology

From Middle English famisshe, from famen (“starve”), from Old French afamer, ultimately from Latin famēs (“hunger”). Compare affamish, famine. Cognate with Spanish hambre (“hunger”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfamɪʃ/

Verb

famish (third-person singular simple present famishes, present participle famishing, simple past and past participle famished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
  2. (transitive) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to cause to be very hungry.
  3. (transitive) To kill, or to cause great suffering to, by depriving or denying anything necessary.
  4. (transitive) To force, control, or constrain by famine.
  5. (intransitive) To die of hunger; to starve to death.
  6. (intransitive) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to nearly perish.
  7. (intransitive) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

Derived terms

  • famisher
  • famishment

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References

  • “famish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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