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What does garish mean? Is garish a Scrabble word?

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Is garish a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word garish is a Scrabble US word. The word garish is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

G2A1R1I1S1H4

Is garish a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word garish is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

G2A1R1I1S1H4

Is garish a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word garish is a Words With Friends word. The word garish is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1R1I1S1H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

GARISH,

5-letter words (6 found)

ARISH,GAIRS,GARIS,GIRSH,HAIRS,RAGIS,

4-letter words (25 found)

AHIS,AIRS,ARGH,ARIS,GAIR,GARI,GARS,GASH,GHIS,GRIS,HAGS,HAIR,RAGI,RAGS,RAHS,RAIS,RASH,RIAS,RIGS,SAIR,SARI,SHAG,SHIR,SHRI,SIGH,

3-letter words (28 found)

AGS,AHI,AHS,AIR,AIS,ARS,ASH,GAR,GAS,GHI,GIS,HAG,HAS,HIS,ISH,RAG,RAH,RAI,RAS,RIA,RIG,SAG,SAI,SAR,SHA,SIG,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (11 found)

AG,AH,AI,AR,AS,GI,HA,HI,IS,SH,SI,

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

Definitions and meaning of garish

garish

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/

Adjective

garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)

  1. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gaudy

Derived terms

  • garishly
  • garishness

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Anagrams

  • Harigs, girahs, girsha

Source: wiktionary.org