BOTCH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BOTCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTCH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOTCH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
botchyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BOTCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BOTCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does BOTCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To spoil or ruin a piece of work through carelessness or lack of skill.
Someone who botches a job does it so badly that it has to be redone or cannot be fixed at all, usually because they rushed it or lacked the necessary skill. The word is almost always used to criticise the outcome of a task rather than to describe an honest mistake. It also exists as a noun, so a badly done piece of work can itself be called a botch. The related phrase botch up adds emphasis to the same idea of a clumsy failure.
How BOTCH is used
Informal, used to criticise work that has been done clumsily or incompetently.
- The plumber managed to botch a simple repair.
- Please do not botch this delivery.
- He always seems to botch the easy tasks.
- Try not to botch this presentation like the last one.
- They warned her not to botch the interview.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BOTCH
15 longer words begin with BOTCH.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTCH
Common questions about BOTCH
- Is BOTCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTCH worth?
- BOTCH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTCH mean?
- To spoil or ruin a piece of work through carelessness or lack of skill.
- What letters can be added to BOTCH?
- BOTCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BOTCH:
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