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Is cinch a Scrabble word?

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

C3I1N1C3H4

Is cinch a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3I1N1C3H4

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5-letter words (1 found)

CINCH,

4-letter words (3 found)

CHIC,CHIN,INCH,

3-letter words (4 found)

CHI,HIC,HIN,ICH,

2-letter words (3 found)

CH,HI,IN,

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

All 5 letters words made out of cinch

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Definitions and meaning of cinch

cinch

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /sɪntʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (a belt or girth), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle.

Noun

cinch (plural cinches)

  1. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  2. (informal) Something that is very easy to do.
  3. (informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
  4. (informal) A firm hold.
Synonyms
  • (something that is very easy to do): piece of cake, breeze, See also Thesaurus:easy thing
  • (something certain to occur): See Thesaurus:sure thing
Derived terms
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Verb

cinch (third-person singular simple present cinches, present participle cinching, simple past and past participle cinched)

  1. To bring to certain conclusion.
  2. To tighten down.
Quotations
  • 1911, "I intend to cinch that government business." — Margaret Burnham, The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise
Derived terms
  • cincher
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from Spanish cinco (five), the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards.

Noun

cinch (plural cinches)

  1. (card games) A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called "right Pedro") and the five of the same colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
Synonyms
  • double Pedro
  • high five

Verb

cinch (third-person singular simple present cinches, present participle cinching, simple past and past participle cinched)

  1. (card games) In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

Etymology 3

Uncertain; perhaps from Cinch Connectors, a Chicago-based company producing connectors.

Noun

cinch

  1. (chiefly Europe, technology) An RCA connector.

Ladin

Alternative forms

  • cin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Adjective

cinch

  1. five

Noun

cinch m (uncountable)

  1. five

Lombard

Etymology

From Old Lombard zinqui, from Vulgar Latin cīnque, from Latin quīnque.

Numeral

cinch

  1. Spelling alternative of çinc, five.

Source: wiktionary.org