What PARCHES Means
PARCHES is a form of PARCH, which means:
- verb: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat“The sun parched the earth”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PARCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 R1 C3 H4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of PARCHES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PARCHES
232 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 (29)
5 letter words (63)
4 letter words (72)
3 letter words (53)
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.