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Is filch a Scrabble word?

Yes, filch is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of filch?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.Examples: "Hey, someone filched my wallet!"; "You would foiſt in non cauſam pro cauſa ["I do not bring into question"], have it thought your flight from your olde companions, obſcuritie and ſilence, was onely, with Æneas, to carry your father on your backe through the fire of ſlaunder, and by that shift, with the false plea of patience, unjuſtly driven from his kingdome, filch a way the harts of the Queenes liege people!"; "This man hath bevvitcht the boſome of my childe, / Thou, thou Lyſander, thou haſt giuen her rimes, / And interchang'd loue tokens vvith my childe: / […] / VVith cunning haſt thou filcht my daughters heart, / Turnd her obedience (vvhich is due to mee) / To ſtubborne harſhneſſe."Synonyms: flog, half-inch, jack, knock off, lift, nick, pilfer, pinchtransitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.Examples: "A ſimple lad, with a whip in one hand, and the other locked in the arm of a young girl, is ſo loſt in gaping aſtoniſhment, that an adroit branch of the family of the Filches is clearing his pockets of their contents."Synonyms: filcher, pilferer, thiefobsolete

2. (obsolete) A hooked stick used to filch objects.Examples: "Thus much for their fraternities, names, lodgings, and assemblies, at all which times everyone of them carries a short staff in his hand, which is called a filch, having in the nab, or head, of it, a ferme (that is to say, a hole) into which, upon any piece of service, when he goes a filching, he putteth a hook of iron, with which hook he angles at a window in the dead of night, for shirts, smocks, or any other linen or woollen. And for that reason is the staff called a filch."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "filch"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "filch"?

Scrabble
13 points
F4
I1
L1
C3
H4
Words With Friends
14 points
F4
I1
L2
C4
H3

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