What CLINCHES Means
CLINCHES is a form of CLINCH, which means:
- verb: secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts“The girder was clinched into the wall”
- verb: hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- noun: (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- noun: a small slip noose made with seizing
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CLINCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 L1 I1 N1 C3 H4 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In CLINCHES
140 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (5)
6 letter words (19)
CECILSCHESILCHICLECHIELSCHILESCHINESCHISELCLENCHCLICHECLINCHCLINESELCHISELSHININCHESINCLESLICHENLICHESNICHESSCENIC
5 letter words (28)
CEILSCHICSCHIELCHILECHINECHINSCIELSCINCHCINESCLIESCLINEELCHIELSINHEILSICHESINCLELEISHLENISLIENSLINCHLINESNELISNICHESHIELSHINESILENSINCESLICE
4 letter words (42)
CEILCELSCENSCHICCHINCHISCIELCINEEISHELHIHEILHENSHIESHINSHISNICESICHSINCHISLELECHLEISLENSLICELICHLIENLIESLINELINSNESHNICENIESNILSNISHSECHSEILSHINSICESICHSIENSILESINESINH
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (13)
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