hitch
Hitch can refer to the state of inactivity following an interruption, a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls, or a period of time spent in military service. As a verb, hitch can mean to walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury, jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched, or hook or entangle.
Length
5
Scrabble
13
WWF
12
Starts
HI
Ends
TCH
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “HITCH” Mean?
/hɪtʃ/
hitch has 12 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
7 sensesa period of time spent in military service
Synonyms
a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
Verb
5 sensesconnect to a vehicle:
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
a period of time spent in military service
Length
5 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
H
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
H, I, T, C, H
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆HITCH has a Scrabble score of 13. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆HITCH 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
★★★★☆HITCH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HITCH 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
HI, IT, TC, CH
Trigrams
HIT, ITC, TCH
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