matchbook
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 22
- Words With Friends
- 24
- Letters
- 9
Definition of matchbook
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A small assemblage of cut and folded paperboard comprising a folded sheet (the matchcover) and some rows of matches (paperboard strips with the ends dipped to produce the matchheads), generally with a striker on the outside.
“My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.”
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noun
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A small assemblage of cut and folded paperboard comprising a folded sheet (the matchcover) and some rows of matches (paperboard strips with the ends dipped to produce the matchheads), generally with a striker on the outside.
“My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.”
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(archaic, uncommon)A book in which data from sports matches is recorded.
“Near-synonym: scorebook”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From match + book, since the 1890s. Paper matches were developed in the 1880s; folded books containing them, and the strike-on-cover concept, were developed in the 1890s; more in Wikipedia at matchbook.
Words you can make from matchbook
146 playable · top: KOBOCHA (18 pts)
Best play kobocha 18 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
55 words- HACK 13 pts
- HOCK 13 pts
- BACK 12 pts
- BOCK 12 pts
- MACK 12 pts
- MOCK 12 pts
- BACH 11 pts
- CHAM 11 pts
- HOOK 11 pts
- KHAT 11 pts
- MACH 11 pts
- AMOK 10 pts
- BOOK 10 pts
- COMB 10 pts
- COOK 10 pts
- KOBO 10 pts
- MAKO 10 pts
- MOOK 10 pts
- TACK 10 pts
- TOCK 10 pts
- BAHT 9 pts
- BATH 9 pts
- BOHO 9 pts
- BOTH 9 pts
- CATH 9 pts
- CHAO 9 pts
- CHAT 9 pts
- COHO 9 pts
- HOBO 9 pts
- HOMA 9 pts
- HOMO 9 pts
- MATH 9 pts
- MOHO 9 pts
- MOTH 9 pts
- TACH 9 pts
- AMBO 8 pts
- BOOM 8 pts
- CAMO 8 pts
- COMA 8 pts
- KOTO 8 pts
- TOMB 8 pts
- TOOK 8 pts
- HOOT 7 pts
- OATH 7 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- BOAT 6 pts
- BOOT 6 pts
- BOTA 6 pts
- COAT 6 pts
- COOT 6 pts
- MOAT 6 pts
- MOOT 6 pts
- TACO 6 pts
- TOCO 6 pts
- TOOM 6 pts
3-letter words
50 words- ACK 9 pts
- KAB 9 pts
- KOB 9 pts
- BAH 8 pts
- HAM 8 pts
- HOB 8 pts
- HOM 8 pts
- MHO 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- BAM 7 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- CAM 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- KAT 7 pts
- KOA 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- MOB 7 pts
- MOC 7 pts
- OAK 7 pts
- OKA 7 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HAT 6 pts
- HOO 6 pts
- HOT 6 pts
- OHO 6 pts
- OOH 6 pts
- THO 6 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BOO 5 pts
- BOT 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- COO 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOO 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OOT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TOO 3 pts
2-letter words
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