What WINCHES Means
WINCHES is a form of WINCH, which means:
- noun: lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- verb: pull or lift up with or as if with a winch“winch up the slack line”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WINCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 I1 N1 C3 H4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In WINCHES
106 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 (7)
5 letter words (19)
4 letter words (38)
CENSCHEWCHINCHISCINEEISHHENSHEWNHEWSHIESHINSHISNICESICHSINCHNESHNEWSNICENIESNISHSECHSEWNSHEWSHINSICESICHSIENSINESINHWENSWHENWHINWICEWICHWINEWINSWISEWISH
3 letter words (30)
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.