Is CLINCH valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLINCH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is CLINCH worth?

CLINCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to CLINCH?

No single letter can be added to CLINCH to make another word.

CLINCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points

Yes. CLINCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.

c3l1i1n1c3h4

PlayableCLINCH · 6 letters · 13 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF

13points in Scrabble

16points in Words with Friends

6letters

0hooks available

1 in 2,759 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept CLINCH?

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: 29 / 100

29WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.17

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.17%

Our own measure of how useful CLINCH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for CLINCH

No single letter turns CLINCH into another word.

How CLINCH scores

Scrabble c3l1i1n1c3h4 13

Words with Friends c4l2i1n2c4h3 16

Face value of the 6 tiles in CLINCH, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
c	2	2
l	1	4
i	1	9
n	1	6
h	1	2

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.

What stands out about CLINCH

CLINCH 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

Words starting with CLINCH

clinched16 clincher15 clinches15 clinchers16 clinching17 clinchingly22

6 longer words begin with CLINCH.

Shorter words from the letters in CLINCH

cinch12 linch10 chic11 chin9 inch9 lich9 chi8 hic8 ich8 hin6 lin3 nil3 ch7 hi5 in2 li2

Common questions about CLINCH

Is CLINCH valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLINCH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is CLINCH worth?: CLINCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to CLINCH?: No single letter can be added to CLINCH to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CLINCH:

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