LATCHES Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What LATCHES Means

LATCHES is a form of LATCH, which means:

noun: spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
noun: catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
verb: fasten with a latch“latch the door”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LATCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 A1 T1 C3 H4 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of LATCHES (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

CHALETS SATCHEL

Words Made From The Letters In LATCHES

236 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.

6 letter words (21)

CASTLE CHALET CHASTE CHEATS CHELAS CLEATS ECLATS ETHALS HALEST HASLET LACETS LACHES LATHES SACHET SCATHE SCLATE SEALCH SHELTA SLATCH TACHES THECAL

5 letter words (64)

4 letter words (81)

3 letter words (52)

ACE ACH ACT AHS ALE ALS ALT ASH ATE ATS CAT CEL CHA CHE EAS EAT ECH EHS ELS ELT EST ETA ETH HAE HAS HAT HES HET LAC LAH LAS LAT LEA LES LET SAC SAE SAL SAT SEA SEC SEL SET SHA SHE TAE TAS TEA TEC TEL TES THE

2 letter words (18)

AE AH AL AS AT CH EA EH EL ES ET HA HE LA SH ST TA TE

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.

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