What does FINISH mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪnɪʃ/
- Letters
- 6
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Words With Friends score
- 12
- How common
- Common
Meaning
verb
- come or bring to a finish or an end“He finished the dishes”
- finally be or do something“He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart”
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical“the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”
- provide with a finish“The carpenter finished the table beautifully”
- finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table“She polished off the remaining potatoes”
- cause to finish a relationship with somebody“That finished me with Mary”
noun
- a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)“the boat had a metallic finish”
- the temporal end; the concluding time“the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
finishes14
Anagrams of FINISH
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside FINISH
20 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
Related
Questions
Is FINISH a valid word in word games?
FINISH is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is FINISH worth?
FINISH is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from FINISH?
20 other words, including IN, IS, HIS and IF.