CRATCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CRATCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRATCH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRATCH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRATCH
Front hooks — 1
scratchBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CRATCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CRATCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,840 thousand.
What stands out about CRATCH
- CRATCH 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 CRATCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A rack or open frame that holds hay or fodder for farm animals.
Farmers once set a cratch in a stable or field so that cattle could pull out their feed without trampling it. The word is closely tied to the manger, and old translations of the Nativity story sometimes use it for the place where the infant was laid. It is now found mainly in dialect and in historical writing.
How CRATCH is used
Archaic or dialect; a modern farmer would say hay rack or manger.
- The ox pulled hay from the cratch.
- A wooden cratch stood against the stable wall.
- He filled the cratch with fresh straw every evening.
- The calves crowded around the cratch at feeding time.
- In the old carol, the child sleeps near a cratch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRATCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRATCH
1 longer words begin with CRATCH.
Shorter words from the letters in CRATCH
Common questions about CRATCH
- Is CRATCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRATCH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRATCH worth?
- CRATCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRATCH mean?
- A rack or open frame that holds hay or fodder for farm animals.
- What letters can be added to CRATCH?
- CRATCH takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CRATCH:
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