Unscramble SPETCHES and you have 124 words, SPETCHES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SPEECH, CHEEPS and SPETCH lead with 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SPETCHES split into 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 6, 29 with 5, 46 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
CHEEP and PECHS are the top 5-letter words made with SPETCHES letters, 12 points each. SHEET, STEPS and SPECS will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPETCHES is PECH, 11 points; ECHE and ECHT on 9 follow. TECH, STEP and SETS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SPETCHES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHEEPS and SPEECH (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPETCHES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPETCHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 124) | 97 | 124 | 79 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPETCHES, SPETCH, PHESES, SECESH, HESPS, PHESE, SECHS, EECH, HEPT, HESP, SECH, CHE and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THESPS, SPECTS, TECHS, THESP, ECHT, HEPS, SPECT, TECH, SESH, SEPS, TECS, PST and 6 more, 18 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SPETCHES spell the words below.