Unscramble ETCH and you have 14 words, ETCH itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of ETCH are on the page: ECHT and TECH, each 9 points. The strongest shorter words are CHE and ECH, 8 points each. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ETCH split into 3 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 and 5 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of ETCH, with one letter different:
More 4-letter words: starting with ET · ending in CH · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to ETCH:
ETCH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ETCH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETCH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 11 | 14 | 7 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: ECHT, TECH, TEC and TE. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: CHE, ECH and CH.
These 12 words take every letter of ETCH plus a single extra one.