LANCH is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. LANCH is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept LANCH?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LANCH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LANCH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LANCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LANCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does LANCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To hurl or throw forcefully, as with a lance; an old form of the verb launch.
To lanch something was to fling it hard, the way a soldier might fling a lance at a target, and the sense later slid toward general throwing and even toward setting a boat moving. Early modern writers used lanch where a later writer would simply put launch, since the two verbs share the same root and were once spelled almost interchangeably. Sailors on ice-bound coasts also used lanch for hauling a boat bodily across ice to open water, a narrower, very physical sense tied to a single trade. Modern English kept only launch, so lanch itself now belongs to older texts and word lists rather than to current writing.
How LANCH is used
Archaic; an old spelling and sense line related to launch, met only in older texts.
- The soldier let the spear lanch across the yard.
- Old spelling had sailors lanch the boat over the ice.
- A writer of that century would lanch where we would launch.
- To lanch a weapon meant to hurl it with force.
- The crew had to lanch the small boat clear of the pack ice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LANCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LANCH
3 longer words begin with LANCH.
Words ending in LANCH
3 words end in LANCH. Useful as a back hook: play LANCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with LANCH inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain LANCH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LANCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LANCH
Common questions about LANCH
- Is LANCH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LANCH is not in it.
- How many points is LANCH worth?
- LANCH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LANCH mean?
- To hurl or throw forcefully, as with a lance; an old form of the verb launch.
- What letters can be added to LANCH?
- LANCH takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LANCH:
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