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Is aitch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word aitch is a Scrabble US word. The word aitch is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

A1I1T1C3H4

Is aitch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word aitch is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

A1I1T1C3H4

Is aitch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word aitch is a Words With Friends word. The word aitch is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1I1T1C4H3

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5-letter words (1 found)

AITCH,

4-letter words (7 found)

CHAI,CHAT,CHIA,CHIT,ITCH,TACH,TICH,

3-letter words (15 found)

ACH,ACT,AHI,AIT,CAT,CHA,CHI,CIT,HAT,HIC,HIT,ICH,ITA,TAI,TIC,

2-letter words (9 found)

AH,AI,AT,CH,HA,HI,IT,TA,TI,

You can make 32 words from aitch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of aitch

aitch iatch atich taich itach tiach aicth iacth acith caith icath ciath atcih tacih actih catih tcaih ctaih itcah ticah ictah citah tciah ctiah aithc iathc atihc taihc itahc tiahc aihtc iahtc ahitc haitc ihatc hiatc athic tahic ahtic hatic thaic htaic ithac tihac ihtac hitac thiac htiac aicht iacht aciht caiht icaht ciaht aihct iahct ahict haict ihact hiact achit cahit ahcit hacit chait hcait ichat cihat ihcat hicat chiat hciat atchi tachi acthi cathi tcahi ctahi athci tahci ahtci hatci thaci htaci achti cahti ahcti hacti chati hcati tchai cthai thcai htcai chtai hctai itcha ticha ictha citha tciha ctiha ithca tihca ihtca hitca thica htica ichta cihta ihcta hicta chita hcita tchia cthia thcia htcia chtia hctia

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word aitch. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in aitch.

Definitions and meaning of aitch

aitch

Alternative forms

  • haitch (dialectal or nonstandard)
  • ache (rare)

Etymology

From Middle English ache, borrowed from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca. (Compare Italian acca.) The source is unclear, but may descend from the vowelless alphabetic sequence ha ka 'H, K' (becoming [aka] when the [h] ceased to be pronounced), as K had low frequency in Late Latin. Doublet of ecchi.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: āch, IPA(key): /ˈeɪt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtʃ

Noun

aitch (plural aitches)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.
    The word hour is written with a silent aitch.
    Cockneys drop their aitches.

Usage notes

  • Often used in reference of H-dropping.

Derived terms

  • aitchbone
  • aitchless
  • aitch-dropping

Descendants

  • → Arabic: إِتْش (ʔitš)
  • → Greek: έιτς (éits)
  • → Japanese: エイチ (eichi), dated エッチ (etchi)
  • → Korean: 에이치 (eichi)
  • → Malay: hec
  • → Persian: اِچ (eč, “English letter H”), اِیچ (eyč, “English letter H”)
  • → Russian: эйч (ejč, “English letter H”)
  • → Tagalog: eyts
  • → Thai: เอช (éech), เฮช (héech)

Translations

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

References

Anagrams

  • Cathi, Chait, Chita, chati, tachi, tachi-

Scots

Alternative forms

  • itch

Etymology

Orthographically from English aitch, but phonetically a regular reflex of Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca, probably an extension of earlier ha, from an unindentified source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /etʃ/

Numeral

aitch (plural aitches)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter H.

References

  • https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/h

Source: wiktionary.org