What does TRENCH mean?

Pronunciation
/trɛntʃ/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
11
Words With Friends score
12
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
  2. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  3. any long ditch cut in the ground

verb

  1. impinge or infringe upon“This impinges on my rights as an individual”
  2. fortify by surrounding with trenches“He trenched his military camp”
  3. cut or carve deeply into“letters trenched into the stone”
  4. set, plant, or bury in a trench“trench the fallen soldiers”
  5. cut a trench in, as for drainage“ditch the land to drain it”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

trenched14trenches13trenching15

Anagrams of TRENCH

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside TRENCH

28 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

chert10retch10tench10cent6 etch9hent7hern7rent4 tern4then7 ern3eth6hen6her6het6net3 nth6rec5ret3ten3 the6eh5en2 er2et2he5 ne2re2

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Questions

Is TRENCH a valid word in word games?

TRENCH 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 TRENCH worth?

TRENCH is worth 11 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from TRENCH?

28 other words, including THE, HE, HER and THEN.