SMIRCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SMIRCH 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 SMIRCH?
| 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 SMIRCH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMIRCH
No single letter turns SMIRCH into another word.
How SMIRCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SMIRCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about SMIRCH
- SMIRCH gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SMIRCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To make something dirty with a mark or stain, or to damage a person's good name.
The word works both literally and figuratively. A smirch of soot on a collar is a physical smear, while a scandal can smirch the honour of a family or a ruler. It is a more formal and slightly old-fashioned cousin of smear, and it turns up in historical novels and in writing about reputation. As a noun it names the mark or the blot itself.
How SMIRCH is used
Literary; the figurative sense about reputation is the more common one today.
- Mud began to smirch the hem of her white dress.
- He feared the rumour would smirch his good name.
- No scandal was allowed to smirch the royal house.
- The coal dust would smirch the clean walls of the hall.
- A single smirch on the page spoiled the neat copy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMIRCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMIRCH
The 6 tiles of SMIRCH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SMIRCH
5 longer words begin with SMIRCH.
Shorter words from the letters in SMIRCH
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Common questions about SMIRCH
- Is SMIRCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMIRCH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMIRCH worth?
- SMIRCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMIRCH mean?
- To make something dirty with a mark or stain, or to damage a person's good name.
- What letters can be added to SMIRCH?
- No single letter can be added to SMIRCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SMIRCH:
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