BOTCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BOTCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTCHY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BOTCHY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTCHY
No single letter turns BOTCHY into another word.
How BOTCHY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOTCHY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What stands out about BOTCHY
- BOTCHY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BOTCHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Clumsily done, shoddy or full of mistakes.
Botchy hints at a hurried or unskilled job that shows its faults, such as bad stitching or sloppy repair. It can also describe skin marked with blotches.
How BOTCHY is used
The word botchy is used of poor workmanship and patchy results.
- The painter left a botchy finish around the window.
- It was a botchy repair that fell apart in a week.
- Her first attempt at knitting looked botchy but warm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTCHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTCHY
Common questions about BOTCHY
- Is BOTCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTCHY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTCHY worth?
- BOTCHY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTCHY mean?
- Clumsily done, shoddy or full of mistakes.
- What letters can be added to BOTCHY?
- No single letter can be added to BOTCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOTCHY:
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