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What does etch mean? Is etch a Scrabble word?

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Is etch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word etch is a Scrabble US word. The word etch is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

E1T1C3H4

Is etch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word etch is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

E1T1C3H4

Is etch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word etch is a Words With Friends word. The word etch is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1T1C4H3

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4-letter words (3 found)

ECHT,ETCH,TECH,

3-letter words (6 found)

CHE,ECH,ETH,HET,TEC,THE,

2-letter words (5 found)

CH,EH,ET,HE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from etch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of etch

etch

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Etymology 1

From Dutch etsen (“to etch”), from German ätzen (“to etch”), from Old High German azzon (“to cause to bite or feed”), from Proto-Germanic *atjaną, causative of *etaną (“to eat”) (whence also English eat).

Verb

etch (third-person singular simple present etches, present participle etching, simple past and past participle etched)

  1. To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  2. To engrave a surface.
  3. (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
  4. To sketch; to delineate.
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Etymology 2

Noun

etch

  1. Obsolete form of eddish.

Anagrams

  • Chet, Tech., chet, echt, hect-, tech

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