MITCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. MITCH 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MITCH?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MITCH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MITCH
No single letter turns MITCH into another word.
How MITCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MITCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does MITCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectBritishIrish
To play truant, staying away from school without permission.
Mitch is used mainly in Wales, Ireland and parts of south-west England for skipping school without leave. A pupil who decides to mitch spends the day away from lessons instead, often to avoid a test or simply to enjoy free time. The word survives strongly in everyday speech in these regions even though it rarely appears in formal writing. Related dialect spellings such as mich and miche cover the same meaning in other areas.
How MITCH is used
Regional and informal, common in Welsh and Irish English for missing school without permission; less familiar elsewhere.
- Two boys decided to mitch rather than sit the exam.
- She got caught trying to mitch off games.
- His parents were furious when they learned he used to mitch every Friday.
- Teachers kept a register partly to stop pupils who liked to mitch.
- They would mitch down to the river on warm afternoons.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MITCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MITCH
The 5 tiles of MITCH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MITCH
3 longer words begin with MITCH.
Shorter words from the letters in MITCH
Common questions about MITCH
- Is MITCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MITCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MITCH worth?
- MITCH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MITCH mean?
- To play truant, staying away from school without permission.
- What letters can be added to MITCH?
- No single letter can be added to MITCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MITCH:
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