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Is perish a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word perish is a Scrabble US word. The word perish is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3E1R1I1S1H4

Is perish a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word perish is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3E1R1I1S1H4

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

P4E1R1I1S1H3

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6-letter words (4 found)

PERISH,PISHER,RESHIP,SERIPH,

5-letter words (15 found)

EPRIS,HEIRS,HIRES,PERIS,PIERS,PRIES,PRISE,RHIES,RIPES,SEHRI,SHIER,SHIRE,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIRE,

4-letter words (32 found)

EISH,HEIR,HEPS,HERS,HESP,HIES,HIPS,HIRE,IRES,PEHS,PERI,PHIS,PIER,PIES,PIRS,PISE,PISH,REHS,REIS,REPS,RESH,RIPE,RIPS,RISE,RISP,SEIR,SHIP,SHIR,SHRI,SIPE,SIRE,SPIE,

3-letter words (30 found)

EHS,ERS,HEP,HER,HES,HIE,HIP,HIS,IRE,ISH,PEH,PER,PES,PHI,PIE,PIR,PIS,PRE,PSI,REH,REI,REP,RES,RIP,SEI,SER,SHE,SIP,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,ER,ES,HE,HI,IS,PE,PI,RE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from perish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of perish

perish

Etymology

From Middle English perishen, borrowed from Old French perir (via the stem periss- used in various conjugations), from Latin perīre (“pass away, perish”), from per (“through”) + īre (“pass, go”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹɪʃ
  • Homophone: parish (some accents)
  • Hyphenation: per‧ish

Verb

perish (third-person singular simple present perishes, present participle perishing, simple past and past participle perished)

  1. (intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
    • 1881, Tarafa, translated by W. A. Clouston, The Poem of Tarafa
      I consider time as a treasure decreasing every night; and that which every day diminishes soon perishes for ever.
  2. (intransitive) To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose
  3. (intransitive) To die; to cease to live.
    Synonyms: decease, pass away; see also Thesaurus:die
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to perish.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • perishable

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • hipers, pisher, reship, seriph

Source: wiktionary.org