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Is stench a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stench is a Scrabble US word. The word stench is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is stench a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stench is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word stench is a Words With Friends word. The word stench is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

STENCH,

5-letter words (8 found)

CENTS,CHEST,HENTS,SCENT,SHENT,TECHS,TENCH,THENS,

4-letter words (23 found)

CENS,CENT,ECHT,ENTS,ETCH,ETHS,HENS,HENT,HEST,HETS,NESH,NEST,NETS,SECH,SECT,SENT,SHEN,SHET,STEN,TECH,TECS,TENS,THEN,

3-letter words (19 found)

CHE,ECH,EHS,ENS,EST,ETH,HEN,HES,HET,NET,NTH,SEC,SEN,SET,SHE,TEC,TEN,TES,THE,

2-letter words (10 found)

CH,EH,EN,ES,ET,HE,NE,SH,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from stench according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stench

stench

Etymology

From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stench (plural stenches)

  1. a strong foul smell; a stink.
  2. (figurative) A foul quality.
  3. (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.

Synonyms

  • (disagreeable smell): stink, pong (Commonwealth)

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "disagreeable smell"): aroma, fragrance, perfume

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Verb

stench (third-person singular simple present stenches, present participle stenching, simple past and past participle stenched)

  1. (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
  2. To stanch.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • stenche, stinche, stunch, stynche
  • stænc, stinnch (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Originally two distinct nouns:

  • Old English stenċ, from Proto-West Germanic *stankwi, from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz.
  • Old English stynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *stunkwi, from Proto-Germanic *stunkwiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛnt͡ʃ/, /stint͡ʃ/, /stunt͡ʃ/

Noun

stench (plural stenches)

  1. A stench; an unpleasant or repulsive smell:
    1. The sulphuric smell of hellfire.
    2. The smell of sin or iniquity.
  2. Something that causes or has such a smell.
  3. (rare, Early Middle English) A smell or scent (good or bad).

Related terms

  • stenchen

Descendants

  • English: stench
  • Scots: stench, stinch

References

  • “stench, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-24.

Source: wiktionary.org