Unscramble GATCHES and you have 164 words, GATCHES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is GACHES, 12 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of GATCHES at once for 63 in Scrabble (13 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
Looking for cheatsg, chasteg, chestga, chatges or gashtec? They use the same letters as GATCHES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GATCHES by length: 1 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words in GATCHES, GATCH leads with 11 points, then ACHES and CATHS on 10. STAGE, TEACH and CHEST are the familiar ones.
GACH tops the 4-letter words from GATCHES at 10 points; next come ACHE and CASH on 9. EACH, CASE and TECH will look familiar.
48 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GATCHES; 4 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, GET and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of GATCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with GA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
GATCHES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GATCHES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATCHES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 138 | 164 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: SCATH, CHAS, GATHS, GHEST, SECH, ACH, ASHET, CHA, CHE, ECH, GATH, HEAST and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: GATCHES, GACHES, GATCH, CATHS, GACH, TECHS, CATH, ECHT, TECH, AHS, TECS, TEC and 5 more.
These 2 words take every letter of GATCHES plus a single extra one.