hatch
Hatch can refer to the production of young from an egg, a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open, or shading consisting of multiple crossing lines. As a verb, hatch can mean to inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating, draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper, or emerge from the eggs.
Length
5
Scrabble
13
WWF
12
Starts
HA
Ends
TCH
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “HATCH” Mean?
hatch has 9 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
4 sensesVerb
5 sensesemerge from the eggs
“young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch”
devise or invent
“He thought up a plan to get rich quickly”
“no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software”
“Did he hatch his major works over a short period of time?”
Synonyms
inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
“hatch the sheet”
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
the production of young from an egg
Length
5 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
H
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
H, A, T, C, H
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆HATCH has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆HATCH is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆HATCH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HATCH contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDA
CV Pattern
CVCCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
HA, AT, TC, CH
Trigrams
HAT, ATC, TCH
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