SCORCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SCORCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCORCH?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCORCH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCORCH
No single letter turns SCORCH into another word.
How SCORCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCORCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What stands out about SCORCH
- SCORCH 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 SCORCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To burn the surface of something lightly with heat or flame, so that it changes colour or dries out.
To scorch is to damage by heat without destroying completely. An iron left too long on a shirt will scorch the cloth and leave a brown mark, and a summer heatwave can scorch a lawn until it turns yellow. The word is also used for moving at great speed, as when a car scorches down an empty road. As a noun, scorch names the mark itself or a plant disease that browns the leaves.
How SCORCH is used
Common in cooking, laundry and gardening; the speed sense is informal.
- Do not let the pan get so hot that it will scorch the milk.
- The heat of the iron began to scorch the collar.
- A dry August can scorch whole fields of grass.
- Sparks drifted down and managed to scorch the edge of the tablecloth.
- The motorcycle seemed to scorch along the empty coast road.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCORCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCORCH
9 longer words begin with SCORCH.
Shorter words from the letters in SCORCH
Common questions about SCORCH
- Is SCORCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCORCH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCORCH worth?
- SCORCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCORCH mean?
- To burn the surface of something lightly with heat or flame, so that it changes colour or dries out.
- What letters can be added to SCORCH?
- No single letter can be added to SCORCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCORCH:
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