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Is arch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word arch is a Scrabble US word. The word arch is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word arch is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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4-letter words (3 found)

ARCH,CHAR,RACH,

3-letter words (5 found)

ACH,ARC,CAR,CHA,RAH,

2-letter words (4 found)

AH,AR,CH,HA,

You can make 12 words from arch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of arch

arch rach acrh carh rcah crah arhc rahc ahrc harc rhac hrac achr cahr ahcr hacr char hcar rcha crha rhca hrca chra hcra

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

Definitions and meaning of arch

arch

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: ärch, IPA(key): /ɑɹt͡ʃ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːt͡ʃ/
  • (by analogy to arc, nonstandard) IPA(key): ((General American)) /ɑɹk/, ((Received Pronunciation)) /ɑːk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels.

Noun

arch (plural arches)

  2. An inverted U shape.
  3. An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
  5. (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
  6. Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
  7. (archaic, geometry) An arc; a part of a curve.
  8. A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
  9. (anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

arch (third-person singular simple present arches, present participle arching, simple past and past participle arched)

  1. (transitive) To form into an arch shape.
  2. (transitive) To cover with an arch or arches.
Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “arch”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

From the prefix arch-. "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc.

Adjective

arch (comparative archer, superlative archest)

  2. Knowing, clever, mischievous.
  3. Principal; primary.
Derived terms
  • archly
  • archness
Translations

Noun

arch (plural arches)

  1. (obsolete) chief

See also

  • arc

Further reading

  • “arch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “arch”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “arch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Char, Rach, char, rach

Czech

Noun

arch m inan

  1. sheet (in printing)

Declension

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.

Adjective

arch

  1. bad, depraved
  2. wrong, evil
  3. shameful
  4. bad, worthless, of low quality
Inflection
Alternative forms
  • erch
Derived terms
  • argeren
Descendants
  • Dutch: arg, erg

Etymology 2

A substantive form of the adjective arch.

Noun

arch n

  1. evil
  2. disaster, misfortune
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “arch (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “arch (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “arch (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “arch (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • arche

Etymology

From Old French arche.

Noun

arch (plural arches)

  1. arch
  2. arc

Descendants

  • English: arch

References

  • “arch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From the root of erchi (“to request”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arχ/

Noun

arch f

  1. request

Verb

arch

  1. second-person singular imperative of erchi

Mutation

Scots

Noun

arch (plural archs)

  1. Alternative form of airch

References

  • “arch, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arχ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh arch, from Proto-Brythonic *arx, from Latin arca.

Noun

arch f (plural eirch)

  1. (obsolete) chest, coffer
  2. coffin (a box for the dead)
  3. ark (a large boat with a flat bottom)
Derived terms
  • arch Noa (“Noah's Ark”)
  • arch y Cyfamod (“Ark of the Covenant”)
  • bwa'r arch (“rainbow”)

Etymology 2

A back-formation from erchi (“to seek, ask for”).

Noun

arch f (plural eirchion)

  1. request, command
Derived terms
  • archeb (“order”)

Etymology 3

An inflected form of erchi (“to seek, ask for”).

Verb

arch

  1. second-person singular imperative of erchi

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “arch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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