Unscramble CLATCHING to get 217 words. CLATCHING itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CLATCHING split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 16 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2.
CLATCH and CLINCH share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CLATCHING. ACTING, GLITCH and HATING are the ones most people know.
59 5-letter words from CLATCHING; 4 of them share the top score of 12. NIGHT, LIGHT and CHINA are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from CLATCHING, CHIC leads with 11 points, then GACH on 10 and CATH on 9. CHAT, ANTI and INCH are the familiar ones.
5 of 52 3-letter words in CLATCHING tie at 8 points; none scores more. CAN, ACT and HIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CLATCHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CATCHING (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CLATCHING is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLATCHING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 169 | 217 | 148 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 217 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLATCHING, CLACHING, CHACING, CLATCH, GANCH, ANIGHT, LINCH, NICHT, AIGHT, ANIGH, CHAL, CINCT and 36 more. 21 of the 217 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CANTHIC, CATHING, CHICA, CHING, GATCH, GINCH, GITCH, GACH, LANCH, AHING, CATH, CHAI and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of CLATCHING plus a single extra one.