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Is scotch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scotch is a Scrabble US word. The word scotch is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

S1C3O1T1C3H4

Is scotch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scotch is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

S1C3O1T1C3H4

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Yes. The word scotch is a Words With Friends word. The word scotch is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1C4O1T1C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

SCOTCH,

5-letter words (2 found)

CHOCS,COTHS,

4-letter words (13 found)

CHOC,COCH,COSH,COST,COTH,COTS,HOST,HOTS,SCOT,SHOT,SOTH,TOCS,TOSH,

3-letter words (13 found)

COS,COT,HOC,HOS,HOT,OCH,OHS,SHO,SOC,SOH,SOT,THO,TOC,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,HO,OH,OS,SH,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 37 words from scotch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scotch

scotch

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /skɒt͡ʃ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /skɑt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.

Noun

scotch (plural scotches)

  1. A surface cut or abrasion.
  2. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
  3. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
Derived terms
  • hopscotch
Translations

Verb

scotch (third-person singular simple present scotches, present participle scotching, simple past and past participle scotched)

  1. (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.
  2. (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
    Synonyms: foil, put the kibosh on, thwart
  3. (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
  4. (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.
    Synonyms: chock, block
    • 1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, 1910s, OCLC 225424669, page 69:
      The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose.
  5. (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
  6. (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
    Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. [2]
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To clothe or cover up.
Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

scotch (comparative more scotch, superlative most scotch)

  1. Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”)

Noun

scotch (countable and uncountable, plural scotches)

  1. Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”)

Etymology 3

From 3M's Scotch tape.

Noun

scotch (uncountable)

  1. Scotch tape

Verb

scotch (third-person singular simple present scotches, present participle scotching, simple past and past participle scotched)

  1. (transitive, Australian rhyming slang) To rape.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɔtʃ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English scotch.

Noun

scotch m (plural scotchs)

  1. scotch (whisky)

Etymology 2

From 3M's Scotch tape. Genericized trademark.

Noun

scotch m (uncountable)

  1. Scotch tape, sticky tape
    Synonyms: (Belgium) papier collant, ruban adhésif
Derived terms
  • scotcher

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English scotch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃ

Noun

scotch m (invariable)

  1. scotch (whiskey)
  2. adhesive tape
    Synonym: nastro adesivo

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English scotch.

Noun

scotch n (uncountable)

  1. scotch tape

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