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Is quench a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word quench is a Scrabble US word. The word quench is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

Q10U1E1N1C3H4

Is quench a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quench is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

Q10U1E1N1C3H4

Is quench a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word quench is a Words With Friends word. The word quench is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Q10U2E1N2C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

QUENCH,

4-letter words (1 found)

UNCE,

3-letter words (7 found)

CHE,CUE,ECH,ECU,HEN,HUE,HUN,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,EH,EN,HE,NE,NU,UH,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from quench according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quench

quench

Etymology

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwɛnt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntʃ

Verb

quench (third-person singular simple present quenches, present participle quenching, simple past quenched, past participle quenched or (obsolete) quent)

  1. (transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
    Synonyms: appease, slake
  2. (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
  3. (transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
  4. (transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
  5. (transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
  6. (transitive, physics) To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.

Derived terms

  • quenchcoal

Translations

Noun

quench (plural quenches)

  1. The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
  2. (physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
  3. (physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.

Source: wiktionary.org