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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

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

CHIN,INCH,

3-letter words (4 found)

CHI,HIC,HIN,ICH,

2-letter words (3 found)

CH,HI,IN,

You can make 9 words from inch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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

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Definitions and meaning of inch

inch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Cognate with Middle Dutch enke (“thumb, thumb's width, inch”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

Alternative forms

  • in, in.

Noun

inch (plural inches or (UK colloquial) inch) (abbreviated in., ″)

  1. An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.
  2. (figuratively) Any very short distance.
  3. Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
  4. (meteorology) A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
  5. A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Assamese: ইঞ্চি (io͂si)
  • → Hindi: इंच (iñc)
  • → Indonesian: inci
  • → Japanese: インチ (inchi)
  • → Korean: 인치 (inchi)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: и̏нч
  • → Swahili: inchi
  • → Turkish: inç
  • → Vietnamese: inh
  • → Yoruba: ínǹsì
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).
  2. To drive by inches, or small degrees.
  3. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • thou
  • mil

Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic innis.

Noun

inch (plural inches)

  2. (Scotland, Ireland) A small island; an islet.
  4. (Scotland, Ireland) A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
Usage notes
  • Found especially in the names of small Scottish islands, e.g. Inchcolm, Inchkeith.
Derived terms
  • Kirkinch

Etymology 3

Semantic loan from Cantonese 寸 (cyun3, “inch”), which is an alternative form of 串 (cyun3, “cocky; to provoke; etc.”).

Adjective

inch

  1. (Hong Kong, colloquial) cocky and cheeky
Synonyms
  • inchy

Verb

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

  1. (Hong Kong, colloquial) to burn (to insult); to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner

References

  • “inch” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

  • Ch'in, Chin, HNIC, chin, ichn-

Middle English

Noun

inch

  1. Alternative form of ynche

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English inch.

Noun

inch m (plural inchi)

  1. inch
    Synonym: țol

Declension


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