greenwich
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of greenwich
22 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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“[I]t was the old New Netherland hamlet of Groenwijck—its erratic country roads absorbed into the expanding city and renamed “Greenwich Village”—that became the federation’s first and foremost bohemian district.”
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- A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
- A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
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(metonymically)The Greenwich meridian; the prime meridian.
“Are we east or west of Greenwich?”
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Etymology
From Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ (literally “green harbour, green settlement”). Equivalent to green + -wich. The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Greenwich near London, after Greenwich Village, or after Greenwich Street in Hampstead, New York.
Words you can make from greenwich
160 playable · top: RECHEWING (18 pts)
Best play rechewing 18 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
11 words6-letter words
23 words- CHEWER 14 pts
- RECHEW 14 pts
- WHENCE 14 pts
- WRENCH 14 pts
- HEWING 13 pts
- WHINGE 13 pts
- ECHING 12 pts
- GRINCH 12 pts
- WHINER 12 pts
- ENRICH 11 pts
- INCHER 11 pts
- RICHEN 11 pts
- WINCER 11 pts
- HINGER 10 pts
- NIGHER 10 pts
- WEEING 10 pts
- WINGER 10 pts
- CERING 9 pts
- CRINGE 9 pts
- HEREIN 9 pts
- INHERE 9 pts
- WEINER 9 pts
- WIENER 9 pts
5-letter words
34 words- WENCH 13 pts
- WINCH 13 pts
- WEIGH 12 pts
- CHING 11 pts
- GINCH 11 pts
- HEWER 11 pts
- WHEEN 11 pts
- WHERE 11 pts
- WHINE 11 pts
- CHEER 10 pts
- CHINE 10 pts
- HENCE 10 pts
- NICHE 10 pts
- WINCE 10 pts
- GWINE 9 pts
- HENGE 9 pts
- HINGE 9 pts
- NEIGH 9 pts
- NGWEE 9 pts
- WRING 9 pts
- GENIC 8 pts
- HIREE 8 pts
- NEWER 8 pts
- NEWIE 8 pts
- RENEW 8 pts
- REWIN 8 pts
- NICER 7 pts
- NIECE 7 pts
- GENIE 6 pts
- GENRE 6 pts
- GREEN 6 pts
- REGIE 6 pts
- REIGN 6 pts
- RENIG 6 pts
4-letter words
43 words- CHEW 12 pts
- WICH 12 pts
- WHIG 11 pts
- HEWN 10 pts
- WHEE 10 pts
- WHEN 10 pts
- WHIN 10 pts
- WHIR 10 pts
- CHIN 9 pts
- CREW 9 pts
- ECHE 9 pts
- INCH 9 pts
- RICH 9 pts
- GHEE 8 pts
- GREW 8 pts
- NIGH 8 pts
- WING 8 pts
- EWER 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERN 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- WEEN 7 pts
- WEER 7 pts
- WEIR 7 pts
- WERE 7 pts
- WINE 7 pts
- WIRE 7 pts
- WREN 7 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GENE 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- GRIN 5 pts
- RING 5 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- REIN 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- HEW 9 pts
- CHI 8 pts
- HIC 8 pts
- ICH 8 pts
- GHI 7 pts
- WIG 7 pts
- CIG 6 pts
- EEW 6 pts
- EWE 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- WEE 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WIN 6 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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