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Is staunch a Scrabble word?

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

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Is staunch a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (3 found)

CANTHUS,CHAUNTS,STAUNCH,

6-letter words (11 found)

CANTUS,CHANTS,CHAUNT,CUSHAT,HAUNTS,NAUTCH,SNATCH,STANCH,SUNHAT,UNCAST,UNHATS,

5-letter words (29 found)

ASTUN,AUNTS,CANST,CANTS,CHANT,CHATS,CHUTS,CUNTS,HANTS,HAUNS,HAUNT,HUNTS,NATCH,NAUCH,NUCHA,SAUCH,SAUNT,SCANT,SCATH,SCUTA,SHUNT,SNATH,STAUN,TACHS,TANHS,THANS,TUANS,TUNAS,UNHAT,

4-letter words (49 found)

ACTS,ANTS,ANUS,AUNT,CANS,CANT,CASH,CAST,CATS,CHAS,CHAT,CHUT,CUNT,CUSH,CUTS,HANT,HAST,HATS,HAUN,HAUT,HUNS,HUNT,HUTS,NACH,NATS,NUTS,SANT,SAUT,SCAN,SCAT,SCUT,SHAN,SHAT,SHUN,SHUT,STUN,SUCH,TACH,TANH,TANS,TASH,TAUS,THAN,THUS,TUAN,TUNA,TUNS,TUSH,UTAS,

3-letter words (35 found)

ACH,ACT,AHS,ANS,ANT,ASH,ATS,CAN,CAT,CHA,CUT,HAN,HAS,HAT,HUN,HUT,NAH,NAS,NAT,NTH,NUS,NUT,SAC,SAN,SAT,SAU,SHA,SUN,TAN,TAS,TAU,TUN,UNS,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (15 found)

AH,AN,AS,AT,CH,HA,NA,NU,SH,ST,TA,UH,UN,US,UT,

You can make 142 words from staunch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of staunch

staunch

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: stônch, stônsh, IPA(key): /stɔːn(t)ʃ/
  • (General American) enPR: stônch, stônsh, stänch, stänsh, IPA(key): /stɔn(t)ʃ/, /stɑn(t)ʃ/
  • (some accents) enPR: stänch, stänsh, IPA(key): /stɑːn(t)ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ, -ɑːntʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman estaunche, Old French estanche (“firm; watertight”) (modern French étanche (“airtight; watertight”)), a variant of estanc (“a pond”), from estanchier (“to stop the flow of a liquid (blood, water, etc.); to make (something) watertight; to quench (thirst)”) (modern French étancher), possibly from one of the following:

  • From Vulgar Latin *stagnicāre, from Latin stāgnum (“piece of standing water, pond; fen, swamp”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to drip; to seep”).
  • From Vulgar Latin *stānticāre, from *stānticus (“tired”), from Latin stāns, stāntis (“standing; remaining, staying”). Stāns is the present active participle of stō (“to stand; to remain, stay”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).

Adjective

staunch (comparative stauncher, superlative staunchest)

  1. Not permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
    1. (by extension) Impermeable to air or other gases; airtight.
      Synonym: hermetically sealed
  2. Strongly built; also, in good or strong condition.
  3. (figuratively)
    1. Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving.
      Synonyms: constant, determined, persistent, steadfast, unwavering, unyielding
    2. Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.
      1. (chiefly hunting) Of a hunting dog: that can be depended on to pick up the scent of, or to mark, game.
    3. (obsolete) Cautious, restrained.
      Synonym: guarded
    4. stubborn, intransigent
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:obstinate
      Antonyms: compromising, transigent
Alternative forms
  • stanch (archaic)
Derived terms
  • staunchly
  • staunchness
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English staunchen, staunche (“to stop the flow of blood, diarrhoea, or other bodily fluids; to alleviate, ease; to appease, assuage, satisfy; to cure; to overcome; to put an end to; to repress, suppress; of a river or stream: to stop flowing; of waters, wind, or weather: to become calm, subside; to extinguish or put out (a fire)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman estauncher, estaunchier, estanger, Old French estancher, estanchier (verb) [and other forms]; see further at etymology 1 and at stanch.

Verb

staunch (third-person singular simple present staunches, present participle staunching, simple past and past participle staunched)

  1. Alternative spelling of stanch
Usage notes

Stanch is more commonly used as the spelling of the verb compared to staunch, especially in the United States; while staunch is more common as the spelling of the adjective, with stanch now regarded as archaic. Prescriptively, some readers may assume that reversals of these preferences are incorrect.

Conjugation
Derived terms
  • staunchable
  • staunched (adjective)
  • stauncher
  • staunching (adjective, noun)
  • unstaunched

Etymology 3

Either:

  • from Middle English staunche, stanche (“something which stops the flow of blood; (figuratively) shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)”), from Old French estanche (“pond; tank”), from estanc (“pond”) (modern French étang (“pond; lagoon”)), from estanchier (verb): see further at etymology 2; and/or
  • derived directly from the verb.

Noun

staunch (plural staunches)

  1. (obsolete) That which stanches or checks a flow.
    1. (specifically, archaic) A plant or substance which stops the flow of blood; a styptic.
  2. (obsolete) An act of stanching or stopping.
  3. (mining) Synonym of afterdamp (“suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp”)
Alternative forms
  • stanch
Translations

Etymology 4

See stanch (etymology 4).

Noun

staunch (plural staunches)

  1. Alternative spelling of stanch (“a floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river”)

References

Anagrams

  • canthus, chaunts

Source: wiktionary.org