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Is thatch a Scrabble word?

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

T1H4A1T1C3H4

Is thatch a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1H4A1T1C3H4

Is thatch a Words With Friends word?

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

T1H3A1T1C4H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

THATCH,

5-letter words (1 found)

HATCH,

4-letter words (6 found)

CHAT,HATH,TACH,TACT,TATH,THAT,

3-letter words (8 found)

ACH,ACT,ATT,CAT,CHA,HAH,HAT,TAT,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,AT,CH,HA,TA,

You can make 21 words from thatch according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of thatch

thatch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).

Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.

Noun

thatch (countable and uncountable, plural thatches)

  1. Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
  2. (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  3. A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
  4. (by extension) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.
Synonyms
  • (straw for covering roofs or stacks): haulm
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Etymology 2

From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þeċċan, þeċċean (“to cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to cover”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“cover, covering”, noun) (see above).

Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, German decken, Danish tække, Swedish täcka. Alteration of vowel after Middle English perhaps due to the above noun.

Verb

thatch (third-person singular simple present thatches, present participle thatching, simple past and past participle thatched)

  1. To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
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Anagrams

  • hatcht

Source: wiktionary.org