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SCOTCHING

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SCOTCHING Means

SCOTCHING is a form of SCOTCH, which means:

  1. verb: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of“What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge”
  2. verb: make a small cut or score into
  3. noun: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
  4. adjective: avoiding waste“an economical meal”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCOTCHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 O1 T1 C3 H4 I1 N1 G2.

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