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Is retch a Scrabble word?

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

R1E1T1C3H4

Is retch a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1T1C3H4

Is retch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word retch is a Words With Friends word. The word retch is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1T1C4H3

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5-letter words (2 found)

CHERT,RETCH,

4-letter words (6 found)

CERT,CHER,ECHT,ETCH,TECH,TEHR,

3-letter words (10 found)

CHE,ECH,ETH,HER,HET,REC,REH,RET,TEC,THE,

2-letter words (7 found)

CH,EH,ER,ET,HE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 26 words from retch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of retch

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

Definitions and meaning of retch

retch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɛt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃ
  • Homophone: wretch

Etymology 1

From Middle English *recchen, *rechen (attested in arechen), hræcen (“to cough up”), from Old English hrǣċan (“to clear the throat, hawk, spit”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrākijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijaną (“to clear one's throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Icelandic hrækja (“to hawk, spit”), Limburgish räöke (“to induce vomiting”), Bavarian reckn (“to retch, gag”) and German recken (“to retch, gag”). Also related with German Rachen (“throat”).

Alternative forms

  • reach (archaic or dialectal)

Verb

retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched)

  1. To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting; to gag.
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Noun

retch (plural retches)

  1. An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English recchen (“to care; heed”), from Old English rēċċan, variant of rēċan (“to care; reck”), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, right, just”).

Verb

retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To reck.
Related terms
  • retchless

Etymology 3

From Middle English recchen, from Old English reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to straighten, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.

Verb

retch (third-person singular simple present retches, present participle retching, simple past and past participle retched or (obsolete) raught)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of reach

Anagrams

  • chert

Source: wiktionary.org