RATCHETING

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RATCHETING Means

RATCHETING is a form of RATCHET, which means:

noun: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
verb: move by degrees in one direction only“a ratcheting lopping tool”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RATCHETING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 A1 T1 C3 H4 E1 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of RATCHETING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In RATCHETING

695 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.

9 letter words (3)

HATTERING RACHETING THREATING

8 letter words (24)

ARETTING ARGENTIC CATERING CHARTING CHATTIER CHATTING CHEATING CITRANGE CREATING EARTHING GNATHITE GNATTIER HEARTING INGATHER INTERACT RATCHING REACHING REACTING RETCHING TEACHING THEATRIC TRACTING TRANCHET TREATING

7 letter words (66)

6 letter words (118)

5 letter words (173)

ACING ACTIN AGENT AGRIN AHENT AHING AHINT AIGHT AIRTH AITCH ANGER ANIGH ANTIC ANTRE AREIC ARETT ARTIC ATTIC CAGER CAIRN CANEH CANER CARET CARTE CATER CERIA CHAIN CHAIR CHANG CHANT CHARE CHART CHEAT CHERT CHINA CHINE CHIRT CIGAR CITER CRAIG CRANE CRATE CRENA CRINE CRITH EARTH EHING EIGHT ENACT ENIAC ENTIA ERICA ERING ETHIC ETTIN GAITT GANCH GARNI GARTH GATER GENIC GERAH GIANT GIRTH GRACE GRAIN GRANT GRATE GREAT GREIN GRICE GRITH HAINT HANCE HANGI HATER HEART HIANT HINGE INERT INTER INTRA IRATE ITHER NACHE NACRE NARIC NATCH NEATH NEIGH NGATI NICER NICHE NICHT NIGER NIGHT NITER NITRE RACHE RAINE RANCE RANCH RANGE RANGI RATCH RATHE REACH REACT RECIT RECTA RECTI REGNA REIGN RENGA RENIG RETAG RETCH RETIA RHINE RIANT RICHT RIGHT TACET TACHE TACIT TAINT TANGI TANTI TARGE TATER TATIE TEACH TECTA TENCH TENIA TENTH TERAI TERGA TETRA TETRI THAGI THANE THANG THECA THEGN THEIC THEIN THEIR THETA THINE THING THRAE TIGER TIGHT TINCT TINEA TINGE TITAN TITCH TITER TITHE TITRE TRACE TRACT TRAGI TRAIN TRAIT TRANT TREAT TRIAC TRICE TRINE TRITE

4 letter words (184)

3 letter words (102)

ACE ACH ACT AGE AHI AIN AIR AIT ANE ANI ANT ARC ARE ART ATE ATT CAG CAN CAR CAT CHA CHE CHI CIG CIT EAN EAR EAT ECH ENG ERA ERG ERN ETA ETH GAE GAN GAR GAT GEN GER GET GHI GIE GIN GIT HAE HAG HAN HAT HEN HER HET HIC HIE HIN HIT ICE ICH ING IRE ITA NAE NAG NAH NAT NEG NET NIE NIT NTH RAG RAH RAI RAN RAT REC REG REH REI REN RET RIA RIG RIN RIT TAE TAG TAI TAN TAR TAT TEA TEC TEG TEN TET THE TIC TIE TIG TIN

2 letter words (25)

AE AG AH AI AN AR AT CH EA EH EN ER ET GI HA HE HI IN IT NA NE RE TA TE TI

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