What RANCHES Means
RANCHES is a form of RANCH, which means:
- noun: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- verb: manage or run a ranch“Her husband is ranching in Arizona”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RANCHES 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 R1 A1 N1 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 RANCHES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RANCHES
196 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 (18)
5 letter words (48)
4 letter words (65)
3 letter words (48)
2 letter words (17)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.