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Is wrench a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wrench is a Scrabble US word. The word wrench is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is wrench a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wrench is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

WRENCH,

5-letter words (1 found)

WENCH,

4-letter words (7 found)

CHER,CHEW,CREW,HERN,HEWN,WHEN,WREN,

3-letter words (12 found)

CHE,ECH,ERN,HEN,HER,HEW,NEW,REC,REH,REN,REW,WEN,

2-letter words (9 found)

CH,EH,EN,ER,EW,HE,NE,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from wrench according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wrench

wrench

Alternative forms

  • (15th century): wrenche; (15th century): wrinche; (16th century): wringe

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: rĕnch IPA(key): /ɹɛnt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English wrench, from Old English wrenċ, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz (“a turning, twisting”). Compare German Rank (“plot, intrigue”).

Noun

wrench (plural wrenches)

  1. A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. [from 16th c.]
  2. An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. [from 16th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A trick or artifice. [from 8th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Deceit; guile; treachery. [from 13th c.]
  5. (obsolete) A turn at an acute angle. [from 16th c.]
  6. (archaic) A winch or windlass. [from 16th c.]
  7. (obsolete) A screw. [from 16th c.]
  8. A distorting change from the original meaning. [from 17th c.]
  9. (US) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner. [from 18th c.]
    Synonym: (UK, Australia, New Zealand) spanner
  10. (UK) An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
  11. A violent emotional change caused by separation. [from 19th c.]
  12. (physics) In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body. [from 19th c.]
  13. (obsolete) means; contrivance
  14. In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English wrenchen, from Old English wrenċan, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną. Compare German renken.

Verb

wrench (third-person singular simple present wrenches, present participle wrenching, simple past and past participle wrenched)

  1. (transitive) To pull or twist violently. [from 13th c.]
  2. (transitive) To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting. [from 16th c.]
  3. (transitive) To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent. [from 16th c.]
  4. (transitive) To rack with pain; to be hurt or distressed. [from 18th c.]
  5. (transitive) To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist. [from 18th c.]
  6. (transitive) To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench. [from 19th c.]
  7. (intransitive, obsolete) To violently move in a turn or writhe. [11th-18th c.]
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To tighten with or as if with a winch. [16th-19th c.]
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To thrust a weapon in a twisting motion. [16th c.]
  10. (intransitive, fencing, obsolete) To disarm an opponent by whirling his or her blade away. [18th c.]
Translations

References

  • “wrench, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

  • wrench on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:Wrenches on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • wrenk, wrynk, wrynke
  • wrænch, wrenc, wreinch (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wrenċ, from Proto-West Germanic *wranki, from Proto-Germanic *wrankiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wrɛnt͡ʃ/, /wrɛnk/

Noun

wrench (plural wrenches or wrenche)

  1. A trick or artifice; a deceptive action.
  2. Trickery, deception, guile.

Related terms

  • wrenchen

Descendants

  • English: wrench
  • Middle Scots: wrenk, wrink

References

  • “wrench, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org