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Is bach a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bach is a Scrabble US word. The word bach is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is bach a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bach is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3A1C3H4

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Yes. The word bach is a Words With Friends word. The word bach is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

BACH,

3-letter words (5 found)

ACH,BAC,BAH,CAB,CHA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AB,AH,BA,CH,HA,

You can make 11 words from bach according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bach

bach abch bcah cbah acbh cabh bahc abhc bhac hbac ahbc habc bcha cbha bhca hbca chba hcba achb cahb ahcb hacb chab hcab

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

Definitions and meaning of bach

bach

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæt͡ʃ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /bɛtʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃ
  • Homophone: batch

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of bachelor pad.

Noun

bach (plural baches)

  1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.
    Synonym: (New Zealand, in southern South Island) crib
Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

  1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress.

Etymology 2

Noun

bach (plural baches)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of bachelorette.

References

Further reading

  • Bach (New Zealand) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • BHCA

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: bach

Interjection

bach

  1. boom, bam, pow, wham (used when imitating a sudden, hard hit)

Usage notes

  • Sometimes reduplicated.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bach in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːχ/
  • Rhymes: -aːχ

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh bych, from Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

  1. small, little, short
  2. not fully-grown or developed, young
  3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
  4. small (of business, etc.)
  5. lowercase (of letter)
Synonyms
  • bychan
Derived terms
  • to bach (“circumflex”)
  • tŷ bach (“toilet, loo”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m (plural bachau)

  1. hook
  2. hinge
    Synonym: colfach
  4. (typography) bracket
    Synonym: cromfach
Hyponyms
  • bach cyrliog (“curly bracket”)
  • bach petryal (“square bracket”)
  • cromfach (“bracket, parenthesis”)
Derived terms
Compounds

Mutation

Further reading

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

References


Source: wiktionary.org