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Is ratchet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ratchet is a Scrabble US word. The word ratchet is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is ratchet a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ratchet is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

R1A1T1C3H4E1T1

Is ratchet a Words With Friends word?

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R1A1T1C4H3E1T1

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7-letter words (2 found)

CHATTER,RATCHET,

6-letter words (4 found)

CHARET,HATTER,RACHET,THREAT,

5-letter words (31 found)

ARETT,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CHARE,CHART,CHEAT,CHERT,CRATE,EARTH,HATER,HEART,RACHE,RATCH,RATHE,REACH,REACT,RECTA,RETCH,TACET,TACHE,TATER,TEACH,TECTA,TETRA,THECA,THETA,THRAE,TRACE,TRACT,TREAT,

4-letter words (46 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACRE,ARCH,ARET,CARE,CART,CATE,CERT,CHAR,CHAT,CHER,EACH,EATH,ECHT,ETAT,ETCH,HAET,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,RACE,RACH,RATE,RATH,RHEA,TACE,TACH,TACT,TAHR,TARE,TART,TATE,TATH,TEAR,TEAT,TECH,TEHR,TETH,THAE,THAR,THAT,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (34 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,CAR,CAT,CHA,CHE,EAR,EAT,ECH,ERA,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,RAH,RAT,REC,REH,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEC,TET,THE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AR,AT,CH,EA,EH,ER,ET,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 132 words from ratchet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ratchet

ratchet

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæt͡ʃɪt/
  • Rhymes: -æt͡ʃɪt

Etymology 1

From French rochet (“bobbin, spindle, ratchet”), from Italian rocchetto (“spool, ratchet”).

Alternative forms

  • rachet (archaic)

Noun

ratchet (plural ratchets)

  1. A pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
  2. A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
  3. A ratchet wrench.
  4. (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
  5. A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear.
    Hyponyms: gragger, raganella
  6. (finance) Ellipsis of full ratchet.
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Verb

ratchet (third-person singular simple present ratchets, present participle ratcheting, simple past and past participle ratcheted)

  1. (intransitive) To increment or decrement; especially, to offer controlled motion that can increment while resisting decrement, or vice versa.
  2. (transitive) To cause (something) to become incremented or decremented.
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Etymology 2

Possibly a variant (representing a Southern or specifically Louisianan pronunciation) of wretched. Compare rasslin' for wrestling.

Adjective

ratchet (comparative more ratchet, superlative most ratchet)

  2. (US, slang, derogatory) Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.

Noun

ratchet (plural ratchets)

  1. (US, slang, derogatory) A person, usually a female, who acts or behaves in a ghetto, unseemly, or indecorous way or manner.
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ratchet”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “ratchet”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “ratchet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “ratchet”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

  • chatter, traceth

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