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Is squinch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word squinch is a Scrabble US word. The word squinch is worth 21 points in Scrabble:

S1Q10U1I1N1C3H4

Is squinch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word squinch is a Scrabble UK word and has 21 points:

S1Q10U1I1N1C3H4

Is squinch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word squinch is a Words With Friends word. The word squinch is worth 23 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1Q10U2I1N2C4H3

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7-letter words (1 found)

SQUINCH,

5-letter words (6 found)

CHINS,CINQS,CUISH,INCUS,QUICH,QUINS,

4-letter words (22 found)

CHIN,CHIS,CINQ,CUSH,HINS,HISN,HUIC,HUIS,HUNS,ICHS,INCH,NISH,QINS,QUIN,SHIN,SHUN,SICH,SINH,SUCH,SUNI,UNCI,UNIS,

3-letter words (21 found)

CHI,CIS,HIC,HIN,HIS,HUI,HUN,ICH,INS,ISH,NIS,NUS,QIN,QIS,SIC,SIN,SUI,SUN,SUQ,UNI,UNS,

2-letter words (11 found)

CH,HI,IN,IS,NU,QI,SH,SI,UH,UN,US,

You can make 61 words from squinch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of squinch

squinch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skwɪnt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier scunch (“back part of the side of an opening”), short for scuncheon.

Noun

squinch (plural squinches)

  1. (architecture) A structure constructed between two adjacent walls to aid in the transition from a polygonal to a circular structure, as when a dome is constructed on top of a square room.
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Etymology 2

Uncertain. Probably blend of squint +‎ pinch. Compare squink-eyed, variant of squint-eyed, so perhaps it is at least partly an altered form of squint.

Verb

squinch (third-person singular simple present squinches, present participle squinching, simple past and past participle squinched)

  1. (transitive) To scrunch up (one's face, etc.).

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See also

  • squinch owl (possibly etymologically related)

Source: wiktionary.org