KVETCH is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. KVETCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KVETCH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KVETCH is to know. It scores 18 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KVETCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kvetchyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How KVETCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in KVETCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What stands out about KVETCH
- KVETCH 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 KVETCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To complain persistently and often about small things.
To kvetch is to grumble in a long-running, habitual way rather than to raise a single serious objection. The word came into English from Yiddish and carries a humorous, slightly weary tone.
How KVETCH is used
Also used as a noun for a chronic complainer or for a complaint itself.
- They sat in the kitchen to kvetch about the weather all afternoon.
- Stop trying to kvetch about the traffic every single morning.
- My uncle likes to kvetch over dinner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KVETCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KVETCH
12 longer words begin with KVETCH.
Shorter words from the letters in KVETCH
Common questions about KVETCH
- Is KVETCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KVETCH, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KVETCH worth?
- KVETCH is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KVETCH mean?
- To complain persistently and often about small things.
- What letters can be added to KVETCH?
- KVETCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of KVETCH:
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