wash: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with W · ends with H
Meaning of wash
verb
- transitive
To clean with water.
Example: The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
- transitive
To carry away or erode by the force of water in motion.
Example: Don't pour that in the drain; it will wash downstream.
- intransitive
To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- intransitive
To clean oneself with water.
Example: I wash every morning after getting up.
Listed forms: washes, washing, washed, washen, glossary.
Source: Wiktionary — wash.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
Example: I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
- countable, uncountable
A liquid used for washing.
- countable, uncountable
A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
Example: mouth wash
- countable, uncountable
The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
Example: There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.
Listed forms: washes.
Source: Wiktionary — wash.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for wash.
noun
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
noun
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
- dry wash
noun
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
noun
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is wash in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of wash
W(4) + A(1) + S(1) + H(4) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of wash
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from wash
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in wash. Showing up to 24, longest first.