What PUNCHES Means
PUNCHES is a form of PUNCH, which means:
- noun: (boxing) a blow with the fist“I gave him a clout on his nose”
- noun: an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- verb: deliver a quick blow to“he punched me in the stomach”
- verb: drive forcibly as if by a punch“the nail punched through the wall”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PUNCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 N1 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.
Words Made From The Letters In PUNCHES
83 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 (1)
5 letter words (6)
4 letter words (31)
CENSCEPSCUESCUPSCUSHCUSPECUSHENSHEPSHESPHUESHUNSHUPSNEPSNESHPECHPECSPEHSPENSPUCEPUNSPUSHSCUPSECHSHUNSPECSPUESPUNSUCHSUPEUNCE
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.