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Is polish a Scrabble word?

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

P3O1L1I1S1H4

Is polish a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1L1I1S1H4

Is polish a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word polish is a Words With Friends word. The word polish is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4O1L2I1S1H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

POLISH,

5-letter words (3 found)

LIPOS,POLIS,SPOIL,

4-letter words (27 found)

HIPS,HOIS,HOLP,HOLS,HOPS,LIPO,LIPS,LISP,LOPS,LOSH,OILS,PHIS,PHOS,PISH,PISO,POHS,POIS,POLS,POSH,SHIP,SHOP,SILO,SLIP,SLOP,SOIL,SOLI,SOPH,

3-letter words (29 found)

HIP,HIS,HOI,HOP,HOS,IOS,ISH,ISO,LIP,LIS,LOP,LOS,OHS,OIL,OIS,OPS,PHI,PHO,PIS,POH,POI,POL,POS,PSI,SHO,SIP,SOH,SOL,SOP,

2-letter words (15 found)

HI,HO,IO,IS,LI,LO,OH,OI,OP,OS,PI,PO,SH,SI,SO,

You can make 75 words from polish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of polish

polish

Etymology

From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: pŏl'ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈpɒl.ɪʃ/
  • (US) enPR: pä'lĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/

Noun

polish (countable and uncountable, plural polishes)

  1. A substance used to polish.
  2. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
  3. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

Synonyms

  • (substance): wax
  • (smoothness, shininess): finish, sheen, shine, shininess, smoothness
  • (cleanliness in performance or presentation): class, elegance, panache, refinement, style

Derived terms

  • depolish
  • expolish
  • repolish
  • apple-polish
  • French polish
  • furniture polish
  • glacial polish
  • nail polish
  • polish remover
  • shoe polish
  • spit and polish
  • stove polish
  • varnish polish

Related terms

  • polissoir

Translations

Verb

polish (third-person singular simple present polishes, present participle polishing, simple past and past participle polished)

  1. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
  3. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
  4. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
  5. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
  6. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

Synonyms

  • (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, buff, furbish, burnish, smooth, bone
  • (refine): hone, perfect, refine

Derived terms

  • interpolish
  • polish a turd
  • polish off
  • polish one's rocket
  • polish the pearl
  • polish up, polish up on
  • polishable
  • polished
  • polisher
  • polishing
  • polishment
  • polishure
  • repolish
  • unpolish
  • you can't polish a turd

Related terms

  • polite

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Hislop, philos

Source: wiktionary.org