SCRATCHING

10 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SCRATCHING Means

noun: a harsh noise made by scraping“the scrape of violin bows distracted her”

Similar words

SCRAPE SCRAPING SCRATCH

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCRATCHING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 R1 A1 T1 C3 H4 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In SCRATCHING

612 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 (2)

CATCHINGS STARCHING

8 letter words (11)

ARCHINGS CATCHING CHAGRINS CHARTING CRASHING RATCHING SCARTING SCATHING SHARTING TRACINGS TRASHING

7 letter words (42)

6 letter words (97)

5 letter words (176)

ACING ACTIN AGIST AGRIN AHING AHINT AIGHT AIRNS AIRTH AIRTS AITCH ANGST ANIGH ANTIC ANTIS ARISH ARTIC ARTIS ASTIR CACTI CAINS CAIRN CANGS CANST CANTS CARNS CARTS CATCH CHAIN CHAIR CHAIS CHANG CHANT CHARS CHART CHATS CHIAS CHICA CHICS CHINA CHINS CHIRT CHITS CIGAR CINCH CINCT CIRCA CIRCS CRAGS CRAIC CRAIG CRANS CRASH CRIAS CRITH CRITS GAINS GAIRS GAITS GANCH GANTS GARIS GARNI GARTH GATHS GHAST GHATS GIANT GIRNS GIRSH GIRTH GIRTS GNARS GNASH GNATS GRAIN GRANS GRANT GRINS GRIST GRITH GRITS HAINS HAINT HAIRS HANGI HANGS HANTS HARNS HARTS HIANT HINGS HINTS INTRA NARCS NARIC NARIS NASHI NATCH NATIS NGATI NICHT NIGHS NIGHT RAGIS RAINS RAITS RANCH RANGI RANIS RANTS RATCH RATHS RIANT RICHT RIGHT RINGS SAINT SAITH SANGH SARIN SATIN SCANT SCART SCATH SCRAG SCRAN SCRAT SHARN SHART SHIRT SICHT SIGHT SIGNA SITAR SNATH SNIRT STAIG STAIN STAIR STANG STARN STICH STING STRAG STRIA STRIG TACHS TAHRS TAIGS TAINS TAISH TANGI TANGS TANHS TARNS TARSI THAGI THANG THANS THARS THIGS THING THINS TIANS TIARS TICCA TINAS TINGS TRAGI TRAIN TRANS TRASH TRIAC TRIGS TRINS

4 letter words (178)

3 letter words (86)

ACH ACT AGS AHI AHS AIN AIR AIS AIT ANI ANS ANT ARC ARS ART ASH ATS CAG CAN CAR CAT CHA CHI CIG CIS CIT GAN GAR GAS GAT GHI GIN GIS GIT HAG HAN HAS HAT HIC HIN HIS HIT ICH ING INS ISH ITA ITS NAG NAH NAS NAT NIS NIT NTH RAG RAH RAI RAN RAS RAT RIA RIG RIN RIT SAC SAG SAI SAN SAR SAT SHA SIC SIN SIR SIT SRI TAG TAI TAN TAR TAS TIC TIG TIN TIS

2 letter words (20)

AG AH AI AN AR AS AT CH GI HA HI IN IS IT NA SH SI ST TA TI

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