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STRETCH
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
S
1
T
1
R
1
E
1
T
1
C
3
H
4
Σ
12
Definitions
Verb
- extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
- extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
- increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
- become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
- pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
- lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"
- extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
- occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line"
Noun
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
- exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- a straightaway section of a racetrack
- the capacity for being stretched
- a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
- an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
Adjective
- easily stretched; "stretch hosiery"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word STRETCH
Yes, STRETCH is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 12 points in Scrabble. Because it is a 7-letter word, playing it will also earn you a bingo bonus if you use all your tiles! It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
STRETCH is a 7-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 6 consonants.