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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

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. (transitive) To cause to become incremented or decremented.
  2. (intransitive) To increment or decrement.
Derived terms
Translations

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) Ghetto; unseemly, indecorous.
Derived terms
  • ratchetness

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

Source: wiktionary.org