POTCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. POTCH 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 POTCH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POTCH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
potcheChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How POTCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POTCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does POTCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Common opal that lacks the flashes of colour needed to make it gem quality.
Miners cutting opal separate the coloured, valuable stone from the plainer material around it, and that plainer material is called potch. It has the same mineral structure as precious opal but shows little or no play of colour, so it is usually discarded or used only for cheap trim.
How POTCH is used
A term used in opal mining and gem cutting rather than everyday speech.
- Most of the rock brought up from the mine turned out to be potch.
- The cutter set the potch aside and kept only the coloured seam.
- A vein of potch surrounded the small patch of gem opal.
- Buyers pay almost nothing for plain potch compared with fire opal.
- She showed us a slab of potch to explain what real opal is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POTCH
6 longer words begin with POTCH.
Words ending in POTCH
1 words end in POTCH. Useful as a back hook: play POTCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with POTCH inside
1 words contain POTCH in the middle. Words that start with POTCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POTCH
Common questions about POTCH
- Is POTCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTCH worth?
- POTCH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTCH mean?
- Common opal that lacks the flashes of colour needed to make it gem quality.
- What letters can be added to POTCH?
- POTCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POTCH:
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