Is WINCH a word?
WINCH is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 9 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, WINCH is a valid word.
What does winch mean?
noun: lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
WINCH: word details
- Pronunciation: WIHNCH (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so WINCH works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside winch
Words you can make from the letters of winch.
Solve a whole rack, not just WINCH
WINCH is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does WINCH mean?
WINCH is a noun. It means: lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds.
Is WINCH a valid word?
Yes, WINCH is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.