Witch

Definition

1. (noun) A person who practices witchcraft; a woman or man who practices witchcraft.
2. (noun) An ugly or unpleasant woman. “I hate that old witch.”
3. (noun) One who exercises more-than-common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person.
4. (noun) One given to mischief, especially a woman or child.
5. (noun) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
6. (noun) The stormy petrel.
7. (noun) Any of a number of flatfish:
8. (noun) The Indomalayan butterfly Araotes lapithis, of the family Lycaenidae.
9. (verb) To practise witchcraft.
10. (verb) To bewitch.
11. (verb) To dowse for water.
12. (noun) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat and used as a taper.

Word stats

• Witch contains 5 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 5 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 1.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 13.

Word neighbours

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• abler
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Words starting with WIT

• wit
• witchcraft
• witched
• witchery
• witches
• witching
• with
• withal
• withdraw
• withdrawal
• withdrawals
• withdrawing
• withdrawn
• withdraws
• withdrew
• wither
• withered
• withering

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Words ending with TCH

• backstretch
• batch
• bewitch
• bitch
• bletch
• blotch
• botch
• butch
• butterscotch
• catch
• clutch
• crotch
• crutch
• despatch
• dispatch
• ditch
• etch
• fetch

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Words you can build

• chit
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