flush

VERBNOUNADJECTIVE /fləʃ/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH F

flush is a valid 5-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4L1U1S1H4
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING

What does flush mean?

VERB · 7 SENSES
1

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.

2

Make level or straight.

3

Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water.

“flush the meadows”

4

Flow freely.

“The garbage flushed down the river”

5

Glow or cause to glow with warm color or light.

“the sky flushed with rosy splendor”

BROADER
6

Irrigate with water from a sluice.

SYNONYMS
7

Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid.

“flush the wound with antibiotics”

SYNONYMS
NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

The swift release of a store of affective force.

2

A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit.

BROADER
3

Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders).

SYNONYMS
BROADER
4

Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty).

SYNONYMS
5

A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.

6

The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.

NARROWER
7

A sudden rapid flow (as of water).

“he heard the flush of a toilet”

NARROWER
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1

Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane.

“a door flush with the wall”

“the bottom of the window is flush with the floor”

SIMILAR
2

Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.

“a speculator flush with cash”

SIMILAR