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Is trench a Scrabble word?

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

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Is trench a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1R1E1N1C3H4

Is trench a Words With Friends word?

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

T1R1E1N2C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

TRENCH,

5-letter words (3 found)

CHERT,RETCH,TENCH,

4-letter words (12 found)

CENT,CERT,CHER,ECHT,ETCH,HENT,HERN,RENT,TECH,TEHR,TERN,THEN,

3-letter words (16 found)

CHE,ECH,ERN,ETH,HEN,HER,HET,NET,NTH,REC,REH,REN,RET,TEC,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (9 found)

CH,EH,EN,ER,ET,HE,NE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from trench according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of trench

trench

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t(ʃ)ɹɛnt͡ʃ/, /t(ʃ)ɹɛnʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt͡ʃ

Noun

trench (plural trenches)

  1. A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
  2. (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
  3. (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
  4. (informal) A trench coat.
    • 1999, April 24, Xiphias Gladius <[email protected]>, "Re: trenchcoat mafia", ne.general.selected, Usenet:
      I was the first person in my high school to wear a trench and fedora constantly, and Ben was one of the first to wear a black trench.
    • 2007, Nina Garcia, The Little Black Book of Style, HarperCollins, as excerpted in Elle, October, page 138:
      A classic trench can work in any kind of weather and goes well with almost anything.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • tranche

Translations

Verb

trench (third-person singular simple present trenches, present participle trenching, simple past and past participle trenched)

  1. (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
  2. (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
  3. (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
  4. To have direction; to aim or tend.
  5. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
  6. To cut furrows or ditches in.
  7. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.

Related terms

  • trenchant

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɛntʃ/

Noun

trench m (plural trenchs)

  1. trench coat

Italian

Etymology

From English trench coat.

Noun

trench m (invariable)

  1. trench coat

Middle English

Noun

trench

  1. Alternative form of trenche

Source: wiktionary.org