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scratch
adjective
1. Assembled hastily or at random.
2. Done haphazardly or by chance.
3. Sports Having no golf handicap.
4. Made from scratch made with basic ingredients .
5. Made or done by chance and not as intended .
idiom
1. From scratch From the very beginning.
2. Scratch the surface To investigate or treat something superficially.
3. Up to scratch Informal In fit condition.
4. Up to scratch Informal Meeting the requirements.
noun
1. A contestant who has been withdrawn from a competition.
2. A hasty scribble.
3. A mark resembling a line that is produced by scratching.
4. A slight wound.
5. A sound made by scratching.
verb
1. To make a scratch in billiards or pool.
2. To produce a rhythmic sound by moving a phonograph record back and forth under a phonograph needle.
3. To withdraw from a contest or engagement.
4. To make a thin grating sound.
5. To gather money or make a living by hard work and especially through irregular means and sacrifice .
verb-intransitive
1. Games To make a shot in billiards that results in a penalty, as when the cue ball falls into a pocket or jumps the cushion.
2. To gather funds or produce a living with difficulty.
3. To make a harsh scraping sound.
4. To rub or scrape the skin to relieve itching.
5. To use the nails or claws to dig, scrape, or wound.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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scratch | 14 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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ar | 2 |
as | 2 |
at | 2 |
ah | 5 |
ta | 2 |
ha | 5 |
sh | 5 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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tas | 3 |
rah | 6 |
tar | 3 |
sha | 6 |
sat | 3 |
sac | 5 |
has | 6 |
hat | 6 |
rat | 3 |
ras | 3 |
cat | 5 |
car | 5 |
act | 5 |
ahs | 6 |
arc | 5 |
ars | 3 |
art | 3 |
ats | 3 |
ash | 6 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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cath | 9 |
hart | 7 |
rash | 7 |
rath | 7 |
rats | 4 |
tach | 9 |
tsar | 4 |
tars | 4 |
scar | 6 |
scat | 6 |
star | 4 |
tahr | 7 |
arcs | 6 |
cats | 6 |
cast | 6 |
cash | 9 |
cart | 6 |
char | 9 |
chat | 9 |
cars | 6 |
arts | 4 |
arch | 9 |
acts | 6 |
hast | 7 |
hats | 7 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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caths | 10 |
tachs | 10 |
tahrs | 8 |
trash | 8 |
harts | 8 |
scart | 7 |
carts | 7 |
catch | 12 |
chars | 10 |
chart | 10 |
chats | 10 |
ratch | 10 |
crash | 10 |
6 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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starch | 11 |
charts | 11 |
cratch | 13 |
7 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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scratch | 14 |