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Hatches

Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:14 pts7 letters
Definition of Hatches

noun

  1. A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
  2. A trapdoor.
  3. An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

    "The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch."

  4. A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
  5. An opening through the deck of a ship or submarine

verb

  1. To close with a hatch or hatches.

noun

  1. The act of hatching.
  2. Development; disclosure; discovery.
  3. (poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.

    "These pullets are from an April hatch."

  4. (often as mayfly hatch) The phenomenon, lasting 1–2 days, of large clouds of mayflies appearing in one location to mate, having reached maturity.
  5. A birth, the birth records (in the newspaper) — compare the phrase "hatched, matched, and dispatched."

verb

  1. (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
  2. (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
  3. To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  4. To devise.

verb

  1. To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
  2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
Anagrams of Hatches

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "hatches":

chetahs

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "hatches" and rearranging:

+echeetahs
+lhatchels
+rhatchers
+thatchetsthatches
Related Word Patterns
HA...Words starting with "ha"...ESWords ending with "es"All 7-letter wordsUnscramble "hatches"
Letter Values
h4
a1
t1
c3
h4
e1
s1

Total: 15 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Hatches
aardwolvesabacusesabalonesabamperesabasesabashesabatesabatisesabattisesabbaciesabbesabbesses
Related 7-Letter Words
habitanhabitathabitedhabituehabitushaboobshachurehackbuthackeeshackershackieshackinghackledhacklerhackles

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Hatches"

Hatches is a 7-letter word that scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "hatches" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Hatches" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "hatches" is a high-scoring word.