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NOTCH

5 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What NOTCH Means

  1. noun: a V-shaped indentation“mandibular notch”
  2. noun: the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks“we got through the pass before it started to snow”
  3. verb: cut or make a notch into“notch the rope”
  4. verb: notch a surface to record something

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NOTCH is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 T1 C3 H4.

Words Made From The Letters In NOTCH

21 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 (3)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing NOTCH

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

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