Retrench

Meaning

1. (verb) To dig or redig a trench where one already exists.

Letter breakdown

• Retrench contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 13.

Words from these letters

• center
• etcher
• nether
• recent
• renter
• thence
• trench
• cheer
• enter
• erect
• ether
• hence
• retch
• there
• three
• cent
• etch
• here
• rent
• tech
• teen
• tern
• thee
• then
• tree
• ere
• err
• etc
• hen
• her
• net
• nth
• rte
• tee
• ten
• the

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• abbesses
• abdicate
• abdomens
• abducted
• abductee
• abductor
• aberrant
• abetters
• abetting
• abettors
• abeyance
• abhorred

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Words starting with RET

• retail
• retailed
• retailer
• retailers
• retailing
• retails
• retain
• retained
• retainer
• retainers
• retaining
• retains
• retake
• retaken
• retakes
• retaking
• retaliate
• retaliated

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Words ending with NCH

• bench
• blanch
• blench
• branch
• brunch
• bullfinch
• bunch
• chaffinch
• cinch
• clench
• clinch
• conch
• crunch
• drench
• entrench
• finch
• flinch
• french

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