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Is relish a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word relish is a Scrabble US word. The word relish is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

R1E1L1I1S1H4

Is relish a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word relish is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

R1E1L1I1S1H4

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R1E1L2I1S1H3

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6-letter words (3 found)

HIRSEL,HIRSLE,RELISH,

5-letter words (17 found)

HEILS,HEIRS,HERLS,HIRES,LEHRS,LEIRS,LEISH,LIERS,RHIES,RIELS,RILES,SEHRI,SHIEL,SHIER,SHIRE,SILER,SLIER,

4-letter words (28 found)

EISH,ELHI,HEIL,HEIR,HERL,HERS,HIES,HIRE,IRES,ISLE,LEHR,LEIR,LEIS,LIER,LIES,LIRE,REHS,REIS,RESH,RIEL,RILE,RISE,SEIL,SEIR,SHIR,SHRI,SILE,SIRE,

3-letter words (22 found)

EHS,ELS,ERS,HER,HES,HIE,HIS,IRE,ISH,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,REH,REI,RES,SEI,SEL,SER,SHE,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EL,ER,ES,HE,HI,IS,LI,RE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 82 words from relish according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of relish

relish

Alternative forms

  • rellish (obsolete)

Etymology

Alteration of reles (“scent, taste, aftertaste”), from Old French relais, reles (“something remaining, that which is left behind”), from relaisser (“to leave behind”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛl.ɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɪʃ

Noun

relish (countable and uncountable, plural relishes)

  1. A pleasant taste.
  2. Enjoyment; pleasure.
  3. A quality or characteristic tinge.
  4. (followed by "for") A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.
    • 1785, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. John Newton (dated December 10, 1785)
      I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
  5. A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
  6. In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
  7. Something that is greatly liked or savoured.

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:seasoning

Derived terms

  • India relish, Indian relish

Translations

Verb

relish (third-person singular simple present relishes, present participle relishing, simple past and past participle relished)

  1. (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of [from 16th c.]
  2. (transitive) To take great pleasure in.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour. [16th–19th c.]
  4. (transitive) To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing. [from 16th c.]
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To give pleasure.

Synonyms

(take pleasure in): : appreciate, delight in, enjoy, like, revel in

Derived terms

  • disrelish
  • relishable
  • relisher

Translations

References

  • “relish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Hilers, Riehls, Rishel, hirsel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English relish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.liʃ/, /ʁɛ.liʃ/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /ʁə.liʃ/

Noun

relish f (uncountable)

  1. relish (pickled sauce)

Source: wiktionary.org