What MATCHLOCK Means
- noun: an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MATCHLOCK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 T1 C3 H4 L1 O1 C3 K5.
Words Made From The Letters In MATCHLOCK
171 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.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (32)
ACOCKALTHOCATCHCHACKCHACOCHALKCHOCKCHOLACHOTACLACHCLACKCLOAKCLOAMCLOCKCLOTHCOACHCOACTCOMALKOTCHLATCHLOACHLOATHLOTAHMACHOMATCHMATLOMOCHAOCCAMOCTALOMLAHTACHOTHACK
4 letter words (73)
ALCOALKOALTOAMOKATOCATOKATOMCACKCALKCALMCALOCAMOCHALCHAMCHAOCHATCHOCCLAMCLATCLOTCOALCOATCOCACOCHCOLACOLTCOMACOTHHACKHALMHALOHALTHOCKHOKAHOLKHOLMHOLTHOMAKHATKOHAKOHLKOLALACKLAKHLATHLOAMLOCALOCHLOCKLOMALOTALOTHMACHMACKMAKOMALTMATHMOATMOCHMOCKMOLAMOLTMOTHOATHOCTAOKTATACHTACKTACOTALCTALKTOCKTOLA
3 letter words (45)
ACHACTALTCAMCATCHACOLCOTHAMHAOHATHOAHOCHOMHOTKAMKATKOALACLAHLAMLATLOTMACMAKMALMATMHOMOAMOCMOLMOTOAKOATOCAOCHOHMOKAOLMTAKTAMTAOTHOTOCTOM
2 letter words (18)
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