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Is botch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word botch is a Scrabble US word. The word botch is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

B3O1T1C3H4

Is botch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word botch is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3O1T1C3H4

Is botch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word botch is a Words With Friends word. The word botch is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4O1T1C4H3

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5-letter words (1 found)

BOTCH,

4-letter words (2 found)

BOTH,COTH,

3-letter words (10 found)

BOH,BOT,COB,COT,HOB,HOC,HOT,OCH,THO,TOC,

2-letter words (6 found)

BO,CH,HO,OB,OH,TO,

You can make 19 words from botch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of botch

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Definitions and meaning of botch

botch

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɒt͡ʃ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɑt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English bōtettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat. Duplet to bodge.

Verb

botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched)

  1. (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
    Synonyms: ruin, bungle; see also Thesaurus:spoil
  2. To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
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  3. To repair or mend clumsily.
    Synonyms: bodge; see also Thesaurus:kludge
Derived terms
  • botch up
Translations

Noun

botch (plural botches)

  1. An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
  2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
  3. A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
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  4. A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
  5. (archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
    Synonym: bungler
Derived terms
Translations

Related terms

  • bodge

See also

  • foul up
  • mess up
  • screw up

Etymology 2

From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).

Noun

botch (plural botches)

  1. (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
  2. A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

Source: wiktionary.org