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Is thirst a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word thirst is a Scrabble US word. The word thirst is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is thirst a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word thirst is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word thirst is a Words With Friends word. The word thirst is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

THIRST,THRIST,

5-letter words (3 found)

RITTS,SHIRT,TRIST,

4-letter words (12 found)

HIST,HITS,RITS,RITT,SHIR,SHIT,SHRI,SITH,STIR,THIR,THIS,TITS,

3-letter words (10 found)

HIS,HIT,ISH,ITS,RIT,SIR,SIT,SRI,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (7 found)

HI,IS,IT,SH,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 34 words from thirst according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of thirst

thirst

Etymology

From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).

Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Danish tørst, Norwegian tørst). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Latin terra, Latin torridus.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: thûrst
  • (UK) IPA(key): /θɜːst/
  • (US) IPA(key): /θɝst/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st

Noun

thirst (countable and uncountable, plural thirsts)

  1. A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.
  2. The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
  3. (figuratively) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
  4. (figuratively) Sexual lust.

Synonyms

  • (figuratively): craving, longing

Derived terms

  • bloodthirst
  • thirst-quenching
  • thirst snake
  • thirst trap
  • thirst-buster
  • thirsty

Translations

See also

  • hunger

Verb

thirst (third-person singular simple present thirsts, present participle thirsting, simple past and past participle thirsted)

  1. (intransitive) To be thirsty.
  2. (intransitive, usually followed by "for") To desire vehemently.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • T-shirt, t-shirt, thrist

Source: wiktionary.org