FLITCH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FLITCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLITCH?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLITCH is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLITCH
No single letter turns FLITCH into another word.
How FLITCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FLITCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about FLITCH
- FLITCH 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 FLITCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A salted and cured side of a pig, or a long slab cut from a tree trunk.
In kitchens a flitch of bacon hung from the rafters in old farmhouses. Carpenters use the same word for a thick plank sawn lengthwise from a log, and for the plate joined into a flitch beam.
How FLITCH is used
Chiefly used for bacon, and in timber and building work.
- A flitch of bacon hung above the farmhouse fire.
- The builder bolted a steel plate between two timbers to make a flitch beam.
- He sawed a rough flitch from the fallen oak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLITCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLITCH
3 longer words begin with FLITCH.
Shorter words from the letters in FLITCH
Common questions about FLITCH
- Is FLITCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLITCH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLITCH worth?
- FLITCH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLITCH mean?
- A salted and cured side of a pig, or a long slab cut from a tree trunk.
- What letters can be added to FLITCH?
- No single letter can be added to FLITCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FLITCH:
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