SMUTCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SMUTCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMUTCH?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMUTCH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMUTCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
smutchyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SMUTCH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SMUTCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What stands out about SMUTCH
- SMUTCH 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 SMUTCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To mark or blacken something with soot, grime or a smear.
Smutch is an old and now uncommon word for the act of dirtying a surface with a dark stain, typically from smoke, coal or ink. The same word names the stain itself, a patch of dirt on skin, cloth or paper. It sits close to smudge and smirch in meaning, though it is rarely used in modern speech and is found mainly in older books and word games.
How SMUTCH is used
Rare; found in older writing and word lists. Smudge is the usual modern choice.
- Coal smoke would smutch the curtains within a week.
- He tried not to smutch the clean page with his inky fingers.
- A smutch of soot ran across her forehead.
- The chimney sweep left a smutch on every doorframe.
- Do not smutch the new cloth with your muddy hands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMUTCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMUTCH
The 6 tiles of SMUTCH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SMUTCH
6 longer words begin with SMUTCH.
Shorter words from the letters in SMUTCH
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Common questions about SMUTCH
- Is SMUTCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMUTCH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMUTCH worth?
- SMUTCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMUTCH mean?
- To mark or blacken something with soot, grime or a smear.
- What letters can be added to SMUTCH?
- SMUTCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SMUTCH:
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