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Is sheath a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sheath is a Scrabble US word. The word sheath is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is sheath a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sheath is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1H4E1A1T1H4

Is sheath a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sheath is a Words With Friends word. The word sheath is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

HEATHS,SHEATH,

5-letter words (8 found)

ASHET,HAETS,HASTE,HATES,HEAST,HEATH,HEATS,HETHS,

4-letter words (31 found)

ATES,EAST,EATH,EATS,ETAS,ETHS,HAES,HAET,HAHS,HASH,HAST,HATE,HATH,HATS,HEAT,HEHS,HEST,HETH,HETS,SATE,SEAT,SETA,SHAH,SHAT,SHEA,SHET,TAES,TASE,TASH,TEAS,THAE,

3-letter words (29 found)

AHS,ASH,ATE,ATS,EAS,EAT,EHS,EST,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAH,HAS,HAT,HEH,HES,HET,SAE,SAT,SEA,SET,SHA,SHE,SHH,TAE,TAS,TEA,TES,THE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AS,AT,EA,EH,ES,ET,HA,HE,SH,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from sheath according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sheath

sheath

Etymology 1

From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English sċēaþ (“sheath”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted).

The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shēth, IPA(key): /ʃiːθ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ʃiθ/
  • Rhymes: -iːθ

Noun

sheath (plural sheaths)

  1. A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
  2. (by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
    Synonyms: case, casing, cover, covering, envelope
  3. (botany) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
  4. (electrical engineering) The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
  5. (entomology) One of the elytra of an insect.
  6. (fashion) A tight-fitting dress.
  7. (zoology) The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
  8. (British, informal) A condom.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom
Derived terms
Related terms
  • sheathe
  • heliosheath
  • resheath, resheathe
  • unsheath, unsheathe
Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of sheathe.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shēth, IPA(key): /ʃiːð/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ʃið/
  • Rhymes: -iːð

Verb

sheath (third-person singular simple present sheaths, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)

  1. Alternative spelling of sheathe
    Antonym: unsheath
Derived terms
  • ensheath, insheath
  • resheath
  • unsheath

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • heaths

Source: wiktionary.org