What RATCHES Means
RATCHES is a form of RATCH, which means:
- noun: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RATCHES 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 T1 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 RATCHES (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RATCHES
276 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 (82)
4 letter words (92)
3 letter words (55)
2 letter words (18)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.