extinguish
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 10
/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
Definition of extinguish
8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
See all 8 definitions Show less
verb
- (transitive)To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
-
(figuratively, transitive)To eclipse or obscure (someone or something).
“A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison”
“The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.”
- (figuratively, transitive)To kill (someone).
-
(figuratively, transitive)To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
“She extinguished all my hopes.”
“They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers”
-
(figuratively, transitive)To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
“Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.”
- (figuratively, transitive)To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.
-
(figuratively, transitive)To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).
“1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575”
“If the amnesty becomes law as expected this month or in June, it promises to extinguish the charges Puigdemont faces of disobedience and misuse of public funds.”
- (intransitive, reflexive)To die out.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.
Words you can make from extinguish
200+ playable · top: HEXING (17 pts)
Best play hexing 17 points8-letter words
4 words7-letter words
14 words6-letter words
26 words- SEXING 14 pts
- NIXIES 13 pts
- UNISEX 13 pts
- EIGHTS 10 pts
- HIEING 10 pts
- HINGES 10 pts
- HUGEST 10 pts
- NEIGHS 10 pts
- NIGHTS 10 pts
- THEGNS 10 pts
- THINGS 10 pts
- THEINS 9 pts
- TUSHIE 9 pts
- GENIUS 7 pts
- GUNITE 7 pts
- IGNITE 7 pts
- INGEST 7 pts
- SIGNET 7 pts
- SITING 7 pts
- STINGE 7 pts
- TIEING 7 pts
- TINGES 7 pts
- SENITI 6 pts
- TENUIS 6 pts
- UNITES 6 pts
- UNTIES 6 pts
5-letter words
69 words- SIXTH 15 pts
- EXING 13 pts
- EXIST 12 pts
- EXITS 12 pts
- NEXTS 12 pts
- NEXUS 12 pts
- NIXES 12 pts
- NIXIE 12 pts
- SIXTE 12 pts
- TUXES 12 pts
- UNSEX 12 pts
- EIGHT 9 pts
- HINGE 9 pts
- NEIGH 9 pts
- NIGHS 9 pts
- NIGHT 9 pts
- SIGHT 9 pts
- TEUGH 9 pts
- THEGN 9 pts
- THING 9 pts
- THUGS 9 pts
- HEIST 8 pts
- HENTS 8 pts
- HINTS 8 pts
- HUNTS 8 pts
- SHENT 8 pts
- SHINE 8 pts
- SHITE 8 pts
- SHUNT 8 pts
- SHUTE 8 pts
- THEIN 8 pts
- THENS 8 pts
- THINE 8 pts
- THINS 8 pts
- GENII 6 pts
- GENTS 6 pts
- GENUS 6 pts
- GITES 6 pts
- GUEST 6 pts
- GUISE 6 pts
- NEGUS 6 pts
- SEGNI 6 pts
- SENGI 6 pts
- SINGE 6 pts
- STING 6 pts
- STUNG 6 pts
- SUING 6 pts
- TEGUS 6 pts
- TINGE 6 pts
- TINGS 6 pts
- TUNGS 6 pts
- USING 6 pts
- ETUIS 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- INTIS 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NISEI 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- SUINT 5 pts
- SUITE 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
- TUNES 5 pts
- UNITE 5 pts
- UNITS 5 pts
- UNSET 5 pts
- UNTIE 5 pts
4-letter words
86 words- EXIT 11 pts
- NEXT 11 pts
- NIXE 11 pts
- SEXT 11 pts
- GHIS 8 pts
- GUSH 8 pts
- HUGE 8 pts
- HUGS 8 pts
- HUNG 8 pts
- NIGH 8 pts
- SIGH 8 pts
- SUGH 8 pts
- THUG 8 pts
- ETHS 7 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HENT 7 pts
- HEST 7 pts
- HETS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HINS 7 pts
- HINT 7 pts
- HISN 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- HUES 7 pts
- HUNS 7 pts
- HUNT 7 pts
- HUTS 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHIN 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SHUN 7 pts
- SHUT 7 pts
- SINH 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- THEN 7 pts
- THIN 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- THUS 7 pts
- EGIS 5 pts
- ENGS 5 pts
- GENS 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GENU 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GINS 5 pts
- GIST 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GITS 5 pts
- GNUS 5 pts
- GUNS 5 pts
- GUST 5 pts
- GUTS 5 pts
- NEGS 5 pts
- NUGS 5 pts
- SIGN 5 pts
- SING 5 pts
- SNUG 5 pts
- SUNG 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- TEGU 5 pts
- TING 5 pts
- TUGS 5 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- STUN 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- SUIT 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
Find your best play with extinguish
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes extinguish, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.