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Is tetchy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tetchy is a Scrabble US word. The word tetchy is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

T1E1T1C3H4Y4

Is tetchy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tetchy is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

T1E1T1C3H4Y4

Is tetchy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tetchy is a Words With Friends word. The word tetchy is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1E1T1C4H3Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

TETCHY,

5-letter words (2 found)

TECHY,TYTHE,

4-letter words (10 found)

CYTE,ECHT,ETCH,HYTE,TECH,TETH,THEY,TYTE,YECH,YETT,

3-letter words (13 found)

CHE,ECH,ETH,HET,HEY,HYE,TEC,TET,THE,THY,TYE,YEH,YET,

2-letter words (6 found)

CH,EH,ET,HE,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from tetchy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tetchy

tetchy

Alternative forms

  • titchy
  • (obsolete) techy, techie, teachy, teachie, teechy, tetchie, tecchy, titchie, tichy, tertchy, tatchy, tachy

Etymology

Uncertain, first attested as teachie in the 1597 first quarto versions of Romeo and Juliet and Richard III. Perhaps coined by Shakespeare. Also variously derived from English tetch (“tantrum, fit of anger”); from Scots tache (“blotch, fault”); from Middle English tatch (“blemish”) &c. under influence from touchy, in turn derived from Old French tache, from proposed Vulgar Latin *tacca, from Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 (taikns, “sign”), from proposed Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛt͡ʃi/

Adjective

tetchy (comparative tetchier, superlative tetchiest)

  1. Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.

Derived terms

  • touchy

Related terms

  • tetchily
  • tetchiness

Translations

References

  • “tetchy / techy, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
  • “tetchy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tetchy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “tetchy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  • "tetchy", in T.F Hoad's Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, 1996.

Anagrams

  • chetty

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