What LURCHES Means
LURCHES is a form of LURCH, which means:
- verb: walk as if unable to control one's movements“The drunken man staggered into the room”
- verb: move abruptly“The ship suddenly lurched to the left”
- noun: an unsteady uneven gait
- noun: a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LURCHES 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 L1 U1 R1 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.
Words Made From The Letters In LURCHES
125 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 (6)
5 letter words (30)
CHURLCHUSECLUESCRUELCRUESCRUSECRUSHCURESCURLSCURSEECRUSERHUSHERLSHUERSHULESHURLSLEHRSLEUCHLUCESLUCRELURCHLURESLUSERRUCHERULESSCHULSHULESUCREULCERUSHER
4 letter words (48)
CELSCHERCHURCLUECRUECRUSCUESCURECURLCURSCUSHECRUECUSERHUHERLHERSHUERHUESHULEHURLLECHLEHRLUCELUESLURELURSLUSHRECSREHSRESHRHUSRUCSRUESRULERUSERUSHSCULSCURSECHSHULSLUESLURSUCHSUERSUREULESURESUSER
3 letter words (30)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.