starch

NOUNVERB /stɑrʧ/

6 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S

starch is a valid 6-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

S1T1A1R1C3H4

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 =11 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33

MEANING

What does starch mean?

NOUN · 2 SENSES

1

A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles.

SYNONYMS

BROADER

POLYOSE POLYSACCHARIDE

NARROWER

CASSAVA STARCH CORNFLOUR CORNSTARCH MANIOC MANIOCA OTAHEITE ARROWROOT OTAHEITE ARROWROOT STARCH SAGO

RELATED

2

A commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.

BROADER

PREPARATION FORMULATION

VERB · 1 SENSE

1

Stiffen with starch.

“starch clothes”

BROADER

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of starch

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