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Is latch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word latch is a Scrabble US word. The word latch is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

L1A1T1C3H4

Is latch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word latch is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

L1A1T1C3H4

Is latch a Words With Friends word?

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

L2A1T1C4H3

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5-letter words (1 found)

LATCH,

4-letter words (7 found)

CHAL,CHAT,CLAT,HALT,LATH,TACH,TALC,

3-letter words (10 found)

ACH,ACT,ALT,CAL,CAT,CHA,HAT,LAC,LAH,LAT,

2-letter words (7 found)

AH,AL,AT,CH,HA,LA,TA,

You can make 25 words from latch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of latch

latch altch ltach tlach atlch talch lacth alcth lcath clath aclth calth ltcah tlcah lctah cltah tclah ctlah atclh taclh actlh catlh tcalh ctalh lathc althc ltahc tlahc atlhc talhc lahtc alhtc lhatc hlatc ahltc haltc lthac tlhac lhtac hltac thlac htlac athlc tahlc ahtlc hatlc thalc htalc lacht alcht lcaht claht aclht calht lahct alhct lhact hlact ahlct halct lchat clhat lhcat hlcat chlat hclat achlt cahlt ahclt haclt chalt hcalt ltcha tlcha lctha cltha tclha ctlha lthca tlhca lhtca hltca thlca htlca lchta clhta lhcta hlcta chlta hclta tchla cthla thcla htcla chtla hctla atchl tachl acthl cathl tcahl ctahl athcl tahcl ahtcl hatcl thacl htacl achtl cahtl ahctl hactl chatl hcatl tchal cthal thcal htcal chtal hctal

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

Definitions and meaning of latch

latch

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lăch, IPA(key): /læt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, *lakwijaną, *lakkijaną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂g-, *(s)leh₂gʷ- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lakken (“to grasp, catch”).

Verb

latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched or (obsolete) laught)

  1. To close or lock as if with a latch.
  2. (transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
Derived terms
  • latch on
  • latch on to
  • latch onto
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English latche, lacche (“a latch; a trap”), from lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”). See above for more.

Noun

latch (plural latches)

  1. A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
  2. (electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.
  3. (obsolete) A latching.
  4. (obsolete) A crossbow.
  5. (obsolete) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
  6. A breastfeeding baby's connection to the breast.
  7. (databases) A lightweight lock to protect internal structures from being modified by multiple concurrent accesses.
Alternative forms
  • lech, letch
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Compare French lécher (“to lick”).

Verb

latch (third-person singular simple present latches, present participle latching, simple past and past participle latched)

  1. (obsolete) To smear; to anoint.

Source: wiktionary.org