Gouache

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A type of opaque watercolour paint made with gum, which produces a flat, matte finish when applied and dried.

“She preferred gouache to acrylic for illustration work because of its bold, flat colours.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

gou·ache

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Synonyms

opaque watercolourbody colourposter paint

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Wordle

Ends in the silent E after -ACHE, the OUACHE vowel cluster is unusual and a strong Wordle eliminator

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Scrabble

Contains CH which has moderate tile value, the unusual vowel sequence makes this word very board-position dependent

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “gouache”.

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