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Is cratch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cratch is a Scrabble US word. The word cratch is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

C3R1A1T1C3H4

Is cratch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cratch is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

C3R1A1T1C3H4

Is cratch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cratch is a Words With Friends word. The word cratch is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4R1A1T1C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

CRATCH,

5-letter words (3 found)

CATCH,CHART,RATCH,

4-letter words (10 found)

ARCH,CART,CHAR,CHAT,HART,RACH,RATH,TACH,TAHR,THAR,

3-letter words (11 found)

ACH,ACT,ARC,ART,CAR,CAT,CHA,HAT,RAH,RAT,TAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AH,AR,AT,CH,HA,TA,

You can make 31 words from cratch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cratch

cratch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹæt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English cratchen, cracchen (“to scratch”), alteration of *cratsen (“to scratch”), from Old Norse *kratsa or Middle Low German kratsen, krassen (“to scratch”), both ultimately from Old High German krazzōn, crazōn (“to scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *krattōną (“to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gred-, *grod- (“to scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Icelandic krota (“to engrave”). Compare also Icelandic krassa (“to scrawl”), Danish kradse (“to scratch, scrape, claw”), Swedish kratsa (“to scratch”), Dutch kratsen (“to scratch”), German kratzen (“to scratch”), and Albanian gërresë (“rasp, scraper”).

Verb

cratch (third-person singular simple present cratches, present participle cratching, simple past and past participle cratched)

  1. (obsolete) To scratch.
References
  • An historical dictionary

Etymology 2

From Middle English cratche, cracche, crecche (“crib”), from Old French creche (“crib, manger”), from Frankish *krippjā, *kribbjā (“crib”), from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ. More at creche, crib.

Noun

cratch (plural cratches)

  2. (obsolete) A grated crib or manger.
  3. (nautical) The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.
Derived terms
  • cratch cradle

Etymology 3

Noun

cratch (plural cratches)

  1. A swelling on a horse's pastern, under the fetlock.

Source: wiktionary.org