SLATCH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SLATCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLATCH?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLATCH is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLATCH
No single letter turns SLATCH into another word.
How SLATCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SLATCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about SLATCH
- SLATCH 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 SLATCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A short spell of calmer water or fair weather between heavy seas or gusts; also, the slack part of a rope.
Sailors have long used slatch for the brief lull that comes in the middle of rough conditions, when a boat can make headway before the next wave arrives. The word is also applied to the loose or slack stretch of a rope that is not under strain. It is old nautical vocabulary and appears more often in sea stories than in everyday talk.
How SLATCH is used
Nautical; found in older sea writing and specialist word lists.
- The skipper waited for a slatch before turning the boat.
- A brief slatch gave the crew time to bail out the hold.
- He tightened the line and took up the slatch in the rope.
- In the slatch between squalls they raised the sail.
- The old log recorded a welcome slatch near dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLATCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SLATCH
1 longer words begin with SLATCH.
Shorter words from the letters in SLATCH
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Common questions about SLATCH
- Is SLATCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLATCH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLATCH worth?
- SLATCH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLATCH mean?
- A short spell of calmer water or fair weather between heavy seas or gusts; also, the slack part of a rope.
- What letters can be added to SLATCH?
- No single letter can be added to SLATCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SLATCH:
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