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Is punish a Scrabble word?

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

P3U1N1I1S1H4

Is punish a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3U1N1I1S1H4

Is punish a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word punish is a Words With Friends word. The word punish is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4U2N2I1S1H3

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6-letter words (2 found)

PUNISH,UNSHIP,

5-letter words (1 found)

UNHIP,

4-letter words (22 found)

HINS,HIPS,HISN,HUIS,HUNS,HUPS,NIPS,NISH,PHIS,PINS,PISH,PUNS,PUSH,SHIN,SHIP,SHUN,SINH,SNIP,SPIN,SPUN,SUNI,UNIS,

3-letter words (27 found)

HIN,HIP,HIS,HUI,HUN,HUP,INS,ISH,NIP,NIS,NUS,PHI,PIN,PIS,PIU,PSI,PUH,PUN,PUS,SIN,SIP,SUI,SUN,SUP,UNI,UNS,UPS,

2-letter words (11 found)

HI,IN,IS,NU,PI,SH,SI,UH,UN,UP,US,

You can make 63 words from punish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of punish

punish

Alternative forms

  • punishe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English punischen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French puniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of punir, from Latin puniō (“I inflict punishment upon”), from poena (“punishment, penalty”); see pain. Displaced Old English wītnian and (mostly, in this sense) wrecan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
  • Hyphenation: pun‧ish
  • Rhymes: -ʌnɪʃ

Verb

punish (third-person singular simple present punishes, present participle punishing, simple past and past participle punished)

  1. (transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action.
    Synonym: castigate
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To treat harshly and unfairly.
    Synonym: mistreat
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To handle or beat severely; to maul.
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To consume a large quantity of.

Derived terms

  • punishable
  • punisher (noun)
  • punishing
  • punishment (noun)
  • telish, telishment

Related terms

  • pain

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • push in, push-in, pushin', unship

Source: wiktionary.org