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Is ditch a Scrabble word?

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

D2I1T1C3H4

Is ditch a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2I1T1C3H4

Is ditch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ditch is a Words With Friends word. The word ditch is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1T1C4H3

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5-letter words (2 found)

DICHT,DITCH,

4-letter words (6 found)

CHID,CHIT,DICH,DICT,ITCH,TICH,

3-letter words (10 found)

CHI,CID,CIT,DIT,HIC,HID,HIT,ICH,TIC,TID,

2-letter words (6 found)

CH,DI,HI,ID,IT,TI,

You can make 24 words from ditch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ditch

ditch idtch dtich tdich itdch tidch dicth idcth dcith cdith icdth cidth dtcih tdcih dctih cdtih tcdih ctdih itcdh ticdh ictdh citdh tcidh ctidh dithc idthc dtihc tdihc itdhc tidhc dihtc idhtc dhitc hditc ihdtc hidtc dthic tdhic dhtic hdtic thdic htdic ithdc tihdc ihtdc hitdc thidc htidc dicht idcht dciht cdiht icdht cidht dihct idhct dhict hdict ihdct hidct dchit cdhit dhcit hdcit chdit hcdit ichdt cihdt ihcdt hicdt chidt hcidt dtchi tdchi dcthi cdthi tcdhi ctdhi dthci tdhci dhtci hdtci thdci htdci dchti cdhti dhcti hdcti chdti hcdti tchdi cthdi thcdi htcdi chtdi hctdi itchd tichd icthd cithd tcihd ctihd ithcd tihcd ihtcd hitcd thicd hticd ichtd cihtd ihctd hictd chitd hcitd tchid cthid thcid htcid chtid hctid

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Definitions and meaning of ditch

ditch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.

Noun

ditch (plural ditches)

  1. A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
  2. (Ireland) A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • fosse
  • moat
  • The Ditch
  • rhubarb

Verb

ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)

  1. (transitive) To discard or abandon.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, aviation) To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
  4. (intransitive) To dig ditches.
  5. (transitive) To dig ditches around.
  6. (transitive) To throw into a ditch.
Synonyms
  • abandon
  • discard
  • dump
  • jettison
  • lose
  • shed
  • See also Thesaurus:junk
Translations

Etymology 2

From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.

Verb

ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched)

  1. Alternative form of deech

Noun

ditch (usually uncountable, plural ditches)

  1. Alternative form of deech

Source: wiktionary.org