CULTCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CULTCH 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.
Which word lists accept CULTCH?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CULTCH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CULTCH
Front hooks — 1
scultchBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CULTCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CULTCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,209 thousand.
What stands out about CULTCH
- CULTCH 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 CULTCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The bed of old shells, stones and grit on which oysters settle and grow.
Oyster farmers spread cultch on the sea floor so that young oysters have something firm to attach to. Empty shells make the best cultch, which is why shell is often returned to the water after a harvest. The word is used in oyster fishing and in the law that protects the grounds, and is hardly known elsewhere.
How CULTCH is used
Specialist term of oyster fishing; also spelled culch.
- The crew shovelled fresh cultch onto the bed before spring.
- Without clean cultch, the young oysters have nothing to cling to.
- Old shell was crushed and sold as cultch to the oyster growers.
- The law forbids anyone to carry away the cultch from a public bed.
- A thick layer of cultch covered the bottom of the bay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CULTCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CULTCH
The 6 tiles of CULTCH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CULTCH
1 longer words begin with CULTCH.
Shorter words from the letters in CULTCH
Common questions about CULTCH
- Is CULTCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CULTCH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CULTCH worth?
- CULTCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CULTCH mean?
- The bed of old shells, stones and grit on which oysters settle and grow.
- What letters can be added to CULTCH?
- CULTCH takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CULTCH:
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