Unscramble SCRITCHES to get 238 words. SCRITCHES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCRITCHES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 15 with 2.
CHICER and HECTIC share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCRITCHES. SHIRTS, SISTER and ETHICS are the ones most people know.
CHICS tops the 5-letter words from SCRITCHES at 12 points; next come CHERT and CHESS on 10. SHIRT, CHEST and CREST will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words in SCRITCHES is CHIC, 11 points; CHER and CHIS on 9 follow. TECH, HITS and RICH are everyday picks.
Among 44 3-letter words made with SCRITCHES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 5. ITS, SET and HIT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SCRITCHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What SCRITCHES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCRITCHES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCRITCHES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 179 | 238 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
59 of the 238 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCREICHS, SCRIECHS, SCREICH, SCRIECH, STRICHES, ESTRICH, CHIRTS, CRITHS, RICHTS, SICHTS, STRICH, THEICS and 47 more. 26 of the 238 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SCRITCHES, HECTICS, SCRITCH, SITCHES, SITCH, TECHS, CIRCS, ECHT, SHITES, TECH, RECITS, SHITE and 14 more.
These 2 words take every letter of SCRITCHES plus a single extra one.