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Is snatch a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word snatch is a Scrabble US word. The word snatch is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

S1N1A1T1C3H4

Is snatch a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word snatch is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

S1N1A1T1C3H4

Is snatch a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word snatch is a Words With Friends word. The word snatch is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1N2A1T1C4H3

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6-letter words (3 found)

CHANTS,SNATCH,STANCH,

5-letter words (12 found)

CANST,CANTS,CHANT,CHATS,HANTS,NATCH,SCANT,SCATH,SNATH,TACHS,TANHS,THANS,

4-letter words (24 found)

ACTS,ANTS,CANS,CANT,CASH,CAST,CATS,CHAS,CHAT,HANT,HAST,HATS,NACH,NATS,SANT,SCAN,SCAT,SHAN,SHAT,TACH,TANH,TANS,TASH,THAN,

3-letter words (23 found)

ACH,ACT,AHS,ANS,ANT,ASH,ATS,CAN,CAT,CHA,HAN,HAS,HAT,NAH,NAS,NAT,NTH,SAC,SAN,SAT,SHA,TAN,TAS,

2-letter words (10 found)

AH,AN,AS,AT,CH,HA,NA,SH,ST,TA,

You can make 72 words from snatch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of snatch

snatch

Etymology

From Middle English snacchen, snecchen, from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkijan, from Proto-Germanic *snakkijaną, *snakkōną (“to nibble, snort, chatter”); see *snūtaz (“snout”).

Cognate with Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snæt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃ

Verb

snatch (third-person singular simple present snatches, present participle snatching, simple past and past participle snatched)

  1. (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
  2. (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
    Synonym: grab
  3. (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
    • 1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays
      when half our knowledge we must snatch, not take
  4. (transitive, informal) To steal.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:steal
  5. (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
  6. (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.

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Noun

snatch (plural snatches)

  1. A quick grab or catch.
  2. A short period.
  3. (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
  4. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
  5. (vulgar slang) The vulva. [from 18th c.]
    Synonyms: cunt, twat
  6. (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
  7. (dated) A brief period of exertion.
  8. (dated) A catching of the voice.
  9. (dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
  10. (dated) A quibble.

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Anagrams

  • Chants, chanst, chants, stanch

Source: wiktionary.org