switch

VERBNOUN /swɪʧ/
6 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S

switch is a valid 6-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1W4I1T1C3H4
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING

What does switch mean?

VERB · 7 SENSES
1

Lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.

“switch to a different brand of beer”

“She switched psychiatrists”

SYNONYMS
2

Flog with or as if with a flexible rod.

RELATED
3

Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action).

4

Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation.

“switch on the light”

SYNONYMS
5

Make a shift in or exchange of.

“First Joe led; then we switched”

NARROWER
RELATED
6

Exchange or give (something) in exchange for.

RELATED
7

Change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence.

NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

A basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other.

2

A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment.

3

Hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure.

4

Railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock.

5

Control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit.

6

The act of changing one thing or position for another.

“his switch on abortion cost him the election”

BROADER
NARROWER
7

An event in which one thing is substituted for another.