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Is strength a Scrabble word?

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

S1T1R1E1N1G2T1H4

Is strength a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1T1R1E1N1G2T1H4

Is strength a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word strength is a Words With Friends word. The word strength is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1R1E1N2G3T1H3

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8-letter words (1 found)

STRENGTH,

6-letter words (2 found)

TENTHS,THEGNS,

5-letter words (21 found)

GENTS,GHEST,GRENS,HENTS,HERNS,NERTS,NETTS,RENTS,SHENT,STENT,STERN,TEHRS,TENTH,TENTS,TERNS,TERTS,TETHS,THEGN,THENS,TREST,TRETS,

4-letter words (48 found)

ENGS,ENTS,ERGS,ERNS,ERST,ETHS,GENS,GENT,GERS,GERT,GEST,GETS,GREN,HENS,HENT,HERN,HERS,HEST,HETS,NEGS,NESH,NEST,NETS,NETT,REGS,REHS,RENS,RENT,RESH,REST,RETS,SENT,SETT,SHEN,SHET,STEN,STET,TEGS,TEHR,TENS,TENT,TERN,TEST,TETH,TETS,THEN,TRES,TRET,

3-letter words (33 found)

EHS,ENG,ENS,ERG,ERN,ERS,EST,ETH,GEN,GER,GET,HEN,HER,HES,HET,NEG,NET,NTH,REG,REH,REN,RES,RET,SEG,SEN,SER,SET,SHE,TEG,TEN,TES,TET,THE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EH,EN,ER,ES,ET,HE,NE,RE,SH,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 117 words from strength according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of strength

strength

Alternative forms

  • strenght (misspelling, common for speakers lackinɡ [θ])

Etymology

From Middle English strengthe, from Old English strengþu (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu (“strongness; strength”), equivalent to strong +‎ -th. Cognate with Dutch strengte (“strength”), German Low German Strengde, Strengte (“harshness; rigidity; strictness; severity”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɹɛŋkθ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): [st̠͡ɹ̠ɛŋkθ], /stɹɛŋθ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɛn̪θ]
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [st̠͡ɹ̠ɪŋkθ]
    • (pre-/ŋ/ tensing) IPA(key): [st̠͡ɹ̠ɛɪŋkθ], [st̠͡ɹ̠eɪŋkθ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋθ, -ɛnθ

Noun

strength (countable and uncountable, plural strengths)

  1. The quality or degree of being strong.
    Antonym: weakness
  2. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
  3. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
  4. A positive attribute.
    Antonym: weakness
  5. (obsolete) An armed force, a body of troops.
  6. (obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.

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Verb

strength (third-person singular simple present strengths, present participle strengthing, simple past and past participle strengthed)

  1. (obsolete) To strengthen (all senses). [12th–17th c.]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strengthen

Source: wiktionary.org