BRITCHES is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BRITCHES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRITCHES?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRITCHES is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRITCHES
No single letter turns BRITCHES into another word.
How BRITCHES scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BRITCHES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRITCHES has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BRITCHES
- All 8 letters of BRITCHES are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRITCHES mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
Trousers, especially knee-length ones, in a casual or humorous way of speaking.
Britches is a folksy spelling that follows the way people actually say breeches. It turns up in sayings such as "too big for your britches", meaning overconfident.
How BRITCHES is used
Informal, common in American country speech.
- The boy grew out of his britches by spring.
- She told him he was getting too big for his britches.
- Grandpa patched his old britches with flour sacking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRITCHES and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BRITCHES
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Common questions about BRITCHES
- Is BRITCHES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRITCHES, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRITCHES worth?
- BRITCHES is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRITCHES mean?
- Trousers, especially knee-length ones, in a casual or humorous way of speaking.
- What letters can be added to BRITCHES?
- No single letter can be added to BRITCHES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BRITCHES:
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