ITCH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ITCH 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 ITCH?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ITCH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ITCH
Back hooks — 1
itchyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ITCH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ITCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about ITCH
- 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 ITCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sensation causing a desire to scratch.
Itch is Old English and unrelated to inch despite the rhyme. The sense of a restless desire for something is sixteenth-century and is now very nearly as common as the physical one.
How ITCH is used
Countable. Also a verb: itched, itches.
- An itch between the shoulder blades and nobody to reach it.
- The word itch is Old English and native.
- His hand itched all afternoon.
- An itch to travel is a sixteenth-century figure.
- Itchy wool is the commonest complaint about it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ITCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ITCH
The 4 tiles of ITCH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ITCH
12 longer words begin with ITCH.
Words ending in ITCH
Showing 24 of 65 words that end in ITCH. Useful as a back hook: play ITCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with ITCH inside
Showing 24 of 351 words that contain ITCH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ITCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ITCH
Common questions about ITCH
- Is ITCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ITCH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ITCH worth?
- ITCH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ITCH mean?
- A sensation causing a desire to scratch.
- What letters can be added to ITCH?
- ITCH takes 11 hooks: 10 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ITCH:
Open ITCH in the Word Finder