BLOTCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BLOTCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOTCHY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLOTCHY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOTCHY
No single letter turns BLOTCHY into another word.
How BLOTCHY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BLOTCHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,211 thousand.
What stands out about BLOTCHY
- BLOTCHY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BLOTCHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Marked with uneven patches or spots of colour, often looking untidy or unhealthy.
Blotchy is typically used for skin that has flushed or reacted, but it also fits paint, ink and fabric dyed unevenly. The patches have no tidy shape, which separates the word from neat polka dots. It rarely sounds like a compliment.
How BLOTCHY is used
Common in talk about complexions, painted walls and badly printed pages that look blotchy.
- Her face went blotchy after she had been crying.
- The wall looked blotchy once the first coat had dried.
- A blotchy sunburn spread across his shoulders.
- The printer left the photograph blotchy and dull.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOTCHY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOTCHY
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Common questions about BLOTCHY
- Is BLOTCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOTCHY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOTCHY worth?
- BLOTCHY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOTCHY mean?
- Marked with uneven patches or spots of colour, often looking untidy or unhealthy.
- What letters can be added to BLOTCHY?
- No single letter can be added to BLOTCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BLOTCHY:
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