Is PINCHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PINCHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PINCHES mean?
Pinches is a form of PINCH.
- verb
squeeze tightly between the fingers
“He pinched her behind”
- verb
make ridges into by pinching together
- noun
a painful or straitened circumstance
“the pinch of the recession”
- noun
an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
P (3) + I (1) + N (1) + C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for PINCHES
PINCHES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of PINCHES
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from PINCHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- sphenic14
- chips12
- pechs12
- pinch12
- chines11
- chinse11
- inches11
- niches11
- chip11
- pech11
- chine10
- chins10
- niche10
- epics9
- sepic9
- spice9
- chin9
- chis9
- heps9
- hips9
- ichs9
- inch9
- pehs9
- phis9
- pish9
- ship9
- shine8
- ceps8
- epic8
- pecs8
- pice8
- pics8
- spec8
- chi8
- hep8
- hic8
- hip8
- ich8
- peh8
- phi8
- cines7
- peins7
- penis7
- pines7
- since7
- snipe7
- spine7
- hens7
- hies7
- hins7
- hisn7
- shen7
- shin7
- sinh7
- cep7
- pec7
- pic7
- cine6
- ices6
- nice6
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