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Is linch a Scrabble word?

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

L1I1N1C3H4

Is linch a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1I1N1C3H4

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5-letter words (1 found)

LINCH,

4-letter words (3 found)

CHIN,INCH,LICH,

3-letter words (6 found)

CHI,HIC,HIN,ICH,LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (4 found)

CH,HI,IN,LI,

You can make 14 words from linch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of linch

linch ilnch lnich nlich inlch nilch licnh ilcnh lcinh clinh iclnh cilnh lncih nlcih lcnih clnih nclih cnlih inclh niclh icnlh cinlh ncilh cnilh linhc ilnhc lnihc nlihc inlhc nilhc lihnc ilhnc lhinc hlinc ihlnc hilnc lnhic nlhic lhnic hlnic nhlic hnlic inhlc nihlc ihnlc hinlc nhilc hnilc lichn ilchn lcihn clihn iclhn cilhn lihcn ilhcn lhicn hlicn ihlcn hilcn lchin clhin lhcin hlcin chlin hclin ichln cihln ihcln hicln chiln hciln lnchi nlchi lcnhi clnhi nclhi cnlhi lnhci nlhci lhnci hlnci nhlci hnlci lchni clhni lhcni hlcni chlni hclni nchli cnhli nhcli hncli chnli hcnli inchl nichl icnhl cinhl ncihl cnihl inhcl nihcl ihncl hincl nhicl hnicl ichnl cihnl ihcnl hicnl chinl hcinl nchil cnhil nhcil hncil chnil hcnil

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Definitions and meaning of linch

linch

Alternative forms

  • lynch

Etymology

From Middle English linche, link, from Old English hlinc (“a hill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪnʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnʃ

Noun

linch (plural linches)

  1. A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet.
  2. (rare, regional or obsolete) An acclivity; a small hill or hillock.
    • 15th century, anonymous, Mum and the Sothsegger (15th c.)
      I lay down on a linch to lithe my bones.

Derived terms

  • linchy

Related terms

  • lince
  • lynchet

References

  • “linch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “link, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • Wright, Joseph (1902) The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 3, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 610

Source: wiktionary.org