WASH — 4 letter word
wash
The word wash has 4 letters: W, A, S, H. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Wash has 3 anagrams: shaw, shwa, haws. As a noun, it means "the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)".
4 letter word "wash": W A S H — noun
Scrabble score: 10 Words With Friends: 9
Letter Analysis of wash
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| H | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of wash
noun
- the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) Synonyms: washing, lavation
- any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out "at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash"
- garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering Synonyms: washing, laundry, washables
- a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other Synonyms: wash drawing
- a thin coat of water-base paint
- the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon) Synonyms: dry wash
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller Synonyms: race, backwash, slipstream, airstream
- the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water, as from a roadway "I watched the wash remove mud from our driveway." Synonyms: washout
verb
- to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking "The cat washes several times a day"
- cleanse (one's body) with soap and water Synonyms: lave
- wash or flow against Synonyms: lap
- make moist Synonyms: moisten, dampen
- form by erosion "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
- remove by the application of water, other liquid, soap or other cleaning agent "I washed the dirt from my coat." Synonyms: wash out, wash off, wash away
- apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to
- clean with some chemical process Synonyms: rinse
- cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water Synonyms: launder
- separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)
- move by or as if by water "The swollen river washed away the footbridge"
- admit to testing or proof "This silly excuse won't wash in traffic court"
- be capable of being washed "Does this material wash?"