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Yes. The word potlatch is a Scrabble US word. The word potlatch is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is potlatch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word potlatch is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

P3O1T1L1A1T1C3H4

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Yes. The word potlatch is a Words With Friends word. The word potlatch is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

POTLATCH,

7-letter words (1 found)

POTLACH,

6-letter words (1 found)

CHALOT,

5-letter words (25 found)

ALTHO,CAPOT,CHAPT,CHOLA,CHOTA,CHOTT,CLAPT,CLOTH,COAPT,COPAL,COTTA,LATCH,LOACH,LOATH,LOTAH,LOTTA,OCTAL,PATCH,PHOCA,PLATT,PLOAT,POACH,POTCH,TACHO,TOTAL,

4-letter words (54 found)

ALCO,ALTO,ATOC,ATOP,CALO,CALP,CAPH,CAPO,CHAL,CHAO,CHAP,CHAT,CHOP,CLAP,CLAT,CLOP,CLOT,COAL,COAT,COLA,COLT,COTH,COTT,HALO,HALT,HOLP,HOLT,LATH,LOCA,LOCH,LOTA,LOTH,OATH,OCTA,OPAH,OPAL,PACO,PACT,PATH,PHAT,PHOT,PLAT,PLOT,POLT,POTT,TACH,TACO,TACT,TALC,TATH,THAT,TOLA,TOLT,TOPH,

3-letter words (49 found)

ACH,ACT,ALP,ALT,APO,APT,ATT,CAL,CAP,CAT,CHA,COL,COP,COT,HAO,HAP,HAT,HOA,HOC,HOP,HOT,LAC,LAH,LAP,LAT,LOP,LOT,OAT,OCA,OCH,OPA,OPT,PAC,PAH,PAL,PAT,PHO,PHT,POA,POH,POL,POT,TAO,TAP,TAT,THO,TOC,TOP,TOT,

2-letter words (14 found)

AH,AL,AT,CH,HA,HO,LA,LO,OH,OP,PA,PO,TA,TO,

You can make 145 words from potlatch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of potlatch

potlatch

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Chinook Jargon potlatch, pátlač (“to give; gift; gift-giving ceremony, potlatch”), from Nootka Jargon pa'chatle, pa'chēētle, pah-chilt (“to give, give me”), from Nootka p̕ačiƛ (“to give a gift during a potlatch ceremony”).

Sense 1 of the verb (“to give; especially, to give a gift during a potlatch ceremony”) is borrowed from Chinook Jargon potlatch, pátlač (see above); sense 2 (“to carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony”) is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒtlætʃ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑtˌlæt͡ʃ/
  • Hyphenation: pot‧latch

Noun

potlatch (usually uncountable, plural potlatches)

  1. (Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.
  2. (US, chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.
    Synonym: (Britain, dialectal) fuddle

Alternative forms

  • potlach
  • potlache (dated)

Derived terms

  • potlatcher

Translations

Verb

potlatch (third-person singular simple present potlatches, present participle potlatching, simple past and past participle potlatched)

  1. (transitive) To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony.
  2. (intransitive) To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony.

Derived terms

  • potlatching (noun)

Translations

References

Further reading

  • potlatch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From Nootka p̕ačiƛ (“to give in ceremony”).

Noun

potlatch

  1. gift
  2. giving
  3. gift-feast, potlatch

Verb

potlatch

  1. to give, receive

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon potlatch (“gift”), from Nootka p̕ačiƛ (“to give in ceremony”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.tlatʃ/

Noun

potlatch m (plural potlatchs)

  1. potlatch

Further reading

  • “potlatch”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org