WYCH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WYCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WYCH?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WYCH is to know. It scores 15 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WYCH
No single letter turns WYCH into another word.
How WYCH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WYCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,077.
What does WYCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wych elm — a broad-leaved European elm with spreading, pliant branches.
Wych goes back to an Old English word meaning bending or pliant, describing the tree's supple young growth rather than anything to do with witches — the spelling with a t is a later confusion the tree itself never had. The same root also gives wych hazel, an unrelated shrub named for the same flexible branches.
How WYCH is used
Countable: a wych, two wyches. Usually met in the compound wych elm, though the shortened form stands on its own in word lists.
- A wych in the hedge line had broader leaves than the common elm beside it.
- The word wych means pliant and not magical.
- Wych hazel takes its name from the same word for pliant branches.
- Two wyches survived the outbreak that took the rest of the row.
- The confusion between wych and witch came later.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WYCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WYCH
1 longer words begin with WYCH.
Shorter words from the letters in WYCH
Common questions about WYCH
- Is WYCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WYCH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WYCH worth?
- WYCH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WYCH mean?
- A wych elm — a broad-leaved European elm with spreading, pliant branches.
- What letters can be added to WYCH?
- No single letter can be added to WYCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WYCH:
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