Definition of preaches

"preaches" in the verb sense

1. preach, prophesy

deliver a sermon

"The minister is not preaching this Sunday"

2. preach, advocate

speak, plead, or argue in favor of

"The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

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Quotations for preaches

He preaches well who lives well. [ Spanish Proverb ]

When a fox preaches beware the geese. [ Proverb ]

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth;
Nature is Christian, preaches to mankind;
And bids dead matter aid us in our creed. [ Young ]

Vice is abominable, when it preaches up virtue. [ Proverb ]

Nothing preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul. [ Hawthorne ]

Ah! If the pulpit would practice what it preaches, then all would be well. [ Horace Greeley ]

He that preaches up war when it might well be avoided, is the devil's chaplain. [ Proverb ]

Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain. [ Colton ]

preaches in Scrabble®

The word preaches is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters preaches:

PREACHES
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (12 words)

cheaper, eparchs, escaper, heapers, parches, peaches, perches, reaches, reheaps, repaces, reshape, respace

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word preaches

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In preaches

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preaches in Words With Friends™

The word preaches is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters preaches:

PREACHES
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (12 words)

cheaper, eparchs, escaper, heapers, parches, peaches, perches, reaches, reheaps, repaces, reshape, respace

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word preaches

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In preaches

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Words within the letters of preaches

2 letter words in preaches (9 words)

8 letter words in preaches (1 word)

Words containing the sequence preaches

Words that start with preaches (1 word)

Words with preaches in them (1 word)

Words that end with preaches (6 words)

Word Growth involving preaches

Shorter words in preaches

each reach preach

re reach preach

he ache aches reaches

he hes aches reaches

each reach reaches

re reach reaches

Longer words containing preaches

outpreaches

overpreaches

repreaches

unpreaches

upreaches