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Is nourish a Scrabble word?

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

N1O1U1R1I1S1H4

Is nourish a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1O1U1R1I1S1H4

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Yes. The word nourish is a Words With Friends word. The word nourish is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2O1U2R1I1S1H3

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7-letter words (1 found)

NOURISH,

6-letter words (4 found)

HOURIS,INRUSH,ONRUSH,RHINOS,

5-letter words (17 found)

HORIS,HORNS,HOURI,HOURS,IRONS,NOIRS,NORIS,ORNIS,RHINO,ROINS,ROSHI,ROSIN,RUINS,SHIUR,SHORN,SOHUR,URSON,

4-letter words (41 found)

HINS,HISN,HOIS,HONS,HORI,HORN,HORS,HOUR,HUIS,HUNS,HUSO,INRO,IONS,IRON,NISH,NOIR,NORI,NOSH,NOUS,NURS,ONUS,OURN,OURS,RHOS,RHUS,RINS,ROIN,RUIN,RUNS,RUSH,SHIN,SHIR,SHRI,SHUN,SINH,SORI,SORN,SOUR,SUNI,UNIS,URNS,

3-letter words (40 found)

HIN,HIS,HOI,HON,HOS,HUI,HUN,INS,ION,IOS,ISH,ISO,NIS,NOH,NOR,NOS,NUR,NUS,OHS,OIS,ONS,ORS,OUR,OUS,RHO,RIN,RUN,SHO,SIN,SIR,SOH,SON,SOU,SRI,SUI,SUN,SUR,UNI,UNS,URN,

2-letter words (20 found)

HI,HO,IN,IO,IS,NO,NU,OH,OI,ON,OR,OS,OU,SH,SI,SO,UH,UN,UR,US,

You can make 123 words from nourish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nourish

nourish

Etymology

From Middle English norischen, from Old French nouriss-, stem of one of the conjugated forms of norrir, from Latin nutriō (“to suckle, feed, foster, nourish, cherish, preserve, support”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, NYC, other accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger) IPA(key): /ˈnʌɹ.ɪʃ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnʌɹ.ɪʃ/, /ˈnɝ.ɪʃ/
    • (hypercorrection) IPA(key): /ˈnʊɹ.ɪʃ/
  • (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
  • (accents with the hurry–furry merger)
  • Rhymes: -ʌɹɪʃ, (hypercorrection) -ʊɹɪʃ

Noun

nourish (plural nourishes)

  1. (obsolete) A nurse.

Verb

nourish (third-person singular simple present nourishes, present participle nourishing, simple past and past participle nourished)

  1. (transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
  2. (transitive) To support; to maintain; to be responsible for.
  3. (transitive) To encourage; to foster; to stimulate
  4. (transitive)To cherish; to comfort.
  5. (transitive, of a person) To educate or bring up; to nurture; to promote emotional, spiritual or other non-physical growth.
  6. (intransitive) To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
  7. (intransitive, obsolete) To gain nourishment.

Derived terms

  • malnourish
  • nourish a viper in one's bosom
  • nourisher
  • nourishing
  • nourishment
  • overnourish
  • undernourish
  • well-nourished

Related terms

  • nurse
  • nurture
  • nutriment
  • nutrition

Translations

Further reading

  • “nourish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “nourish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “nourish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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