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Is preach a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word preach is a Scrabble US word. The word preach is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

P3R1E1A1C3H4

Is preach a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word preach is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

P3R1E1A1C3H4

Is preach a Words With Friends word?

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

P4R1E1A1C4H3

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6-letter words (2 found)

EPARCH,PREACH,

5-letter words (15 found)

CAPER,CHAPE,CHARE,CHEAP,CRAPE,HEPAR,PACER,PARCH,PEACH,PERCH,PHARE,RACHE,RAPHE,REACH,RECAP,

4-letter words (29 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACRE,APER,ARCH,CAPE,CAPH,CARE,CARP,CHAP,CHAR,CHER,CRAP,EACH,EPHA,HARE,HARP,HEAP,HEAR,PACE,PARE,PEAR,PECH,PERC,RACE,RACH,RAPE,REAP,RHEA,

3-letter words (30 found)

ACE,ACH,APE,ARC,ARE,CAP,CAR,CEP,CHA,CHE,EAR,ECH,ERA,HAE,HAP,HEP,HER,PAC,PAH,PAR,PEA,PEC,PEH,PER,PRE,RAH,RAP,REC,REH,REP,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AH,AR,CH,EA,EH,ER,HA,HE,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 89 words from preach according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of preach

preach

Etymology

From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō. Doublet of predicate.

The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹiːt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Verb

preach (third-person singular simple present preaches, present participle preaching, simple past and past participle preached or (nonstandard) praught)

  1. (intransitive) To give a sermon.
  2. (transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
  3. (transitive) To advise or recommend earnestly.
  4. (transitive) To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
  5. (intransitive) To give advice in an offensive or obtrusive manner.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Manx: preaçh

Translations

See also

  • praught

Noun

preach (plural preaches)

  1. (obsolete) A religious discourse.

Interjection

preach

  1. (slang) Expressing strong agreement (as if encouraging somebody to continue speaking).
    Synonym: church
    - If you can't do the time, don't do the crime!
    - Preach!

Anagrams

  • eparch, pearch

Source: wiktionary.org