ETCH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ETCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETCH?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETCH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETCH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ETCH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ETCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What stands out about ETCH
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ETCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cut a design into a surface with acid.
Etch came from a German word meaning to eat, because the acid eats into the metal. The figurative sense about something etched in memory is nineteenth-century.
How ETCH is used
Etched, etching. Also a noun in the arts.
- They etched the plate for four minutes and no longer.
- The word etch comes from a German one meaning to eat.
- A face etched with worry is a Victorian figure of speech.
- An etching is printed from an etched plate.
- Two etched lines of different depth print differently.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ETCH
The 4 tiles of ETCH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ETCH
8 longer words begin with ETCH.
Words ending in ETCH
20 words end in ETCH. Useful as a back hook: play ETCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with ETCH inside
Showing 24 of 126 words that contain ETCH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ETCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ETCH
Common questions about ETCH
- Is ETCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETCH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETCH worth?
- ETCH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETCH mean?
- To cut a design into a surface with acid.
- What letters can be added to ETCH?
- ETCH takes 5 hooks: 5 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ETCH:
Open ETCH in the Word Finder