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What does inch mean? Is inch a Scrabble word?

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Is inch a Scrabble word?

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

I1N1C3H4

Is inch a Scrabble UK word?

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

I1N1C3H4

Is inch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word inch is a Words With Friends word. The word inch is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2C4H3

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Valid words made from Inch

You can make 9 words from 'inch' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'inch'

CHIN 9INCH 9

3 letters words from 'inch'

CHI 8HIC 8
HIN 6ICH 8

2 letters words from 'inch'

CH 7HI 5
IN 2 

All 4 letters words made out of inch

inch nich icnh cinh ncih cnih inhc nihc ihnc hinc nhic hnic ichn cihn ihcn hicn chin hcin nchi cnhi nhci hnci chni hcni

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word inch. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in inch.

Definitions and meaning of inch

inch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪntʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynce, borrowed from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”). Doublet of ounce.

Noun

inch (plural inches)

  1. A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
  2. (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  3. The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
  4. (figuratively) A very short distance.
    "Don't move an inch!"
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: インチ (inchi)
  • → Korean: 인치 (inchi)
Translations

Verb

inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)

  1. (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
    Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
    • 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
      The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.
  2. To drive by inches, or small degrees.
    • 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
      He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
  3. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Derived terms
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See also

  • thou
  • mil

Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic innis

Noun

inch (plural inches)

  1. (Scotland) A small island

Usage notes

  • Found especially in the names of small Scottish islands, e.g. Inchcolm, Inchkeith.

Anagrams

  • Ch'in, Chin, chin, ichn-

Middle English

Noun

inch

  1. Alternative form of ynche

Source: wiktionary.org
  • to move very slowly.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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