Unscramble BOTCHING and you have 140 words, BOTCHING itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. GOTHIC, BOTCH and BITCH are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BOTCHING split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 28 with 5, 38 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 7 letters.
BITCH and BOTCH share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words made with BOTCHING letters. NIGHT, THING and BINGO are the ones most people know.
CHIB tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOTCHING at 11 points; next come CHOG on 10 and BOTH on 9. INCH, ICON and THIN will look familiar.
Of the 52 3-letter words from BOTCHING, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. NOT, BIG and HOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BOTCHING for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with BO · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
The meaning of BOTCHING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BOTCHING is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTCHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 140) | 109 | 139 | 96 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIB, CHOG, NICHT, THINGO, COTH, HOING, TICH, BOH, HING, HOC, THIG, CH and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CHING, GINCH, GITCH, GONCH, GOTCH, HONGI, GOTH, OCH, BING, BIOG, CIG, GI and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of BOTCHING spell the words below.