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Yes. The word tranche is a Scrabble US word. The word tranche is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tranche is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

CHANTER,TRANCHE,

6-letter words (16 found)

ANTHER,CANTER,CARNET,CENTRA,CHARET,CHENAR,CREANT,ENARCH,HARTEN,NECTAR,RACHET,RECANT,TANREC,THENAR,TRANCE,TRENCH,

5-letter words (41 found)

AHENT,ANTRE,CANEH,CANER,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CHANT,CHARE,CHART,CHEAT,CHERT,CRANE,CRATE,CRENA,EARNT,EARTH,ENACT,HANCE,HATER,HEART,NACHE,NACRE,NATCH,NEATH,RACHE,RANCE,RANCH,RATCH,RATHE,REACH,REACT,RECTA,RETCH,TACHE,TEACH,TENCH,THANE,THECA,THRAE,TRACE,

4-letter words (65 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,ANTE,ARCH,ARET,CANE,CANT,CARE,CARN,CART,CATE,CENT,CERT,CHAR,CHAT,CHER,CRAN,EACH,EARN,EATH,ECHT,ETCH,ETNA,HAEN,HAET,HANT,HARE,HARN,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,HENT,HERN,NACH,NARC,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,RACE,RACH,RANT,RATE,RATH,REAN,RENT,RHEA,TACE,TACH,TAHR,TANE,TANH,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TECH,TEHR,TERN,THAE,THAN,THAR,THEN,

3-letter words (47 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ANE,ANT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAN,CAR,CAT,CHA,CHE,EAN,EAR,EAT,ECH,ERA,ERN,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAN,HAT,HEN,HER,HET,NAE,NAH,NAT,NET,NTH,RAH,RAN,RAT,REC,REH,REN,RET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEC,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AH,AN,AR,AT,CH,EA,EH,EN,ER,ET,HA,HE,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 190 words from tranche according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tranche

tranche

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”). Doublet of traunch and trench.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /tɹɑ̃ʃ/, /tɹɑ̃nʃ/, /tɹɑ̃nt͡ʃ/, /tɹænt͡ʃ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹɑ̃ʃ/, /tɹɑːnʃ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /tɹæːnt͡ʃ/
  • IPA(key): /tɹɑːnʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʃ, -ɑ̃nʃ, -ɑ̃ntʃ, -æntʃ, -ɑːnʃ

Noun

tranche (plural tranches)

  1. A slice, section or portion.
  2. (insurance) A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
  3. (pensions) A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
  4. (finance) One of a set of classes or risk maturities that compose a multiple-class security, such as a CMO or REMIC; a class of bonds. Collateralized mortgage obligations are structured with several tranches of bonds that have various maturities.

Verb

tranche (third-person singular simple present tranches, present participle tranching, simple past and past participle tranched)

  1. (finance, transitive) To divide into tranches.

Related terms

  • trench
  • traunch

Translations

Further reading

  • “tranche”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Investor Words

Anagrams

  • chanter

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃ʃ/

Noun

tranche f (plural tranches)

  1. slice
  2. milling on a coin
  3. period

Derived terms

  • tranche d’âge
  • tranche de vie

Verb

tranche

  1. inflection of trancher:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • chanter, chantre

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

tranche f (plural tranches)

  1. (Jersey) slice

Source: wiktionary.org