HANCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. HANCH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HANCH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HANCH is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HANCH
No single letter turns HANCH into another word.
How HANCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HANCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What stands out about HANCH
- HANCH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HANCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To snap or bite at something suddenly with the jaws.
To hanch describes the quick snapping bite of a dog going for a scrap of food or of someone lunging at a target with their teeth. The word belongs to Scots and northern English dialect and rarely appears outside descriptions of animals or rough, hungry eating. It survives mainly in dialect dictionaries and older regional writing rather than everyday standard English.
How HANCH is used
Dialect (Scots and northern English); describes a sudden snapping bite, mainly of animals.
- The terrier would hanch at anything thrown near its mouth.
- He tried to hanch a bite of the apple before it fell.
- The old story tells of a wolf that would hanch at travellers' heels.
- She watched the dog hanch at the bone before burying it.
- A hungry pig will hanch at whatever lands in its trough.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HANCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HANCH
3 longer words begin with HANCH.
Shorter words from the letters in HANCH
Common questions about HANCH
- Is HANCH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HANCH is not in it.
- How many points is HANCH worth?
- HANCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HANCH mean?
- To snap or bite at something suddenly with the jaws.
- What letters can be added to HANCH?
- No single letter can be added to HANCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HANCH:
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