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tetchy

/ˈtɛtʃi/•adjective

Tetchy is also used as adjective, with meanings including easily irritated or annoyed.

1 meaning6 lettersScrabble 14

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

CHY

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “TETCHY” Mean?

/ˈtɛtʃi/

tetchy has 1 documented sense across adjective.

Adjective

1 sense

easily irritated or annoyed

“an incorrigibly fractious young man”

“not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

Synonyms

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish pettish petulant scratchy testy techy

Word Forms

tetchier tetchiest

Synonyms for TETCHY

cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peevish peckish pettish petulant scratchy testy techy

Scrabble Score

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Consonants

Word Intelligence

Explore the word tetchy with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

easily irritated or annoyed

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

T, E, T, C, H, Y

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for tetchy.

TETCHY is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 14.

It starts with T and ends with Y.

It contains 1 vowel and 5 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 17%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABACDE.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCCCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using tetchy in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★★

TETCHY has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

TETCHY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

TETCHY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

TETCHY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside tetchy.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABACDE

CV Pattern

CVCCCC

Vowel Share

17%

Consonant Share

83%

Bigrams

TE, ET, TC, CH, HY

Trigrams

TET, ETC, TCH, CHY

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for tetchy.

TETCHY is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with T and ends with Y, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 1 vowel and 5 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCCCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.