HILCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. HILCH 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 HILCH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HILCH is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HILCH
No single letter turns HILCH into another word.
How HILCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HILCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What stands out about HILCH
- HILCH 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 HILCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To walk with a limp; to hobble.
To hilch describes an uneven, halting way of walking, usually caused by an injury or stiffness in one leg. The word belongs to Scots dialect and appears mainly in older regional writing rather than modern standard English. It sits alongside other Scots verbs of awkward movement, though hilch specifically points to a limping gait rather than general clumsiness.
How HILCH is used
Scots dialect; describes walking with a limp or hobble.
- The old shepherd would hilch across the yard each morning.
- He began to hilch badly after twisting his ankle.
- She watched him hilch up the lane, favoring one leg.
- The dog seemed to hilch after catching its paw in the gate.
- He tried not to hilch in front of the others.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HILCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HILCH
3 longer words begin with HILCH.
Shorter words from the letters in HILCH
Common questions about HILCH
- Is HILCH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HILCH is not in it.
- How many points is HILCH worth?
- HILCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HILCH mean?
- To walk with a limp; to hobble.
- What letters can be added to HILCH?
- No single letter can be added to HILCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HILCH:
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