Is “Flushes” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
FLUSHES
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
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Meaning of Flushes

/ˈflʌʃɪz/

noun
  1. 1.A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.

verb
  1. 1.To cause to take flight from concealment.

    The hunters flushed the tiger from the canebrake.

  2. 2.To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

    A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.

noun
  1. 1.A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.

  2. 2.Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.

  3. 3.A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

verb
  1. 1.To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.

    Flush the injury with plenty of water.

  2. 2.Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.

  3. 3.To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.

    The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.

Synonyms: blush