KOTCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. KOTCH 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KOTCH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KOTCH is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOTCH
No single letter turns KOTCH into another word.
How KOTCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KOTCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does KOTCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
South Africanslang
To vomit, especially suddenly or from illness.
In South African slang, kotch means to be sick or throw up, often used casually among friends rather than in medical contexts. The word appears in everyday conversation to describe a rough night or an upset stomach without sounding overly clinical. Some varieties of English elsewhere use a similar-sounding word for pausing or resting, but the South African sense refers specifically to vomiting.
How KOTCH is used
Casual South African slang rather than standard or written English.
- He felt so ill after the ride that he thought he might kotch.
- She had to kotch behind the bushes after the party.
- The kids joked about who would kotch first on the roller coaster.
- He warned his friend that the greasy food might make him kotch.
- After the third lap she began to kotch from motion sickness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOTCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KOTCH
3 longer words begin with KOTCH.
Shorter words from the letters in KOTCH
Common questions about KOTCH
- Is KOTCH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KOTCH is not in it.
- How many points is KOTCH worth?
- KOTCH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOTCH mean?
- To vomit, especially suddenly or from illness.
- What letters can be added to KOTCH?
- No single letter can be added to KOTCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KOTCH:
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