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BELCH

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What BELCH Means

  1. verb: expel gas from the stomach“Please don't burp at the table”
  2. verb: become active and spew forth lava and rocks“Vesuvius erupts once in a while”
  3. noun: a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BELCH is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 E1 L1 C3 H4.

Words Made From The Letters In BELCH

11 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (2)

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing BELCH

BELCH appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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