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WATCH is an everyday word with two familiar senses: a wearable timepiece and the act of guarding or observing. It is also a Wordle answer and an allowed guess, and its 13-point Scrabble value comes from two four-point tiles. Rearranging its five letters produces no anagrams, and the word appears in ENABLE, NWL2023, and Collins.

WATCH facts at a glance

• WATCH is five letters long and appears as both a Wordle answer and an allowed guess.
• Its Scrabble total is 13: W and H are worth four points each, and C is worth three.
• The remaining A and T add one point apiece.
• Rearranging A, C, H, T, and W yields zero listed anagrams.
• Ten one-letter neighbours include MATCH, CATCH, PATCH, WITCH, and BATCH.

What does WATCH mean?

Most often, a watch is a portable or wearable timepiece. The verb sense appears in phrases such as “watch the door” or “keep watch,” where attention and protection matter more than timekeeping.

WATCH can also mean a spell of guarding and, more unusually, a waking interval between the first and second sleep in a biphasic pattern. That last sense is a dictionary meaning; the timepiece and guarding senses are the ones most readers will recognize.

WATCH Scrabble score, Wordle use, and neighbours

WATCH scores 13 Scrabble points before any board bonuses. The W and H contribute eight points together, so placing either on a premium letter square matters more than trying to save the word for a bingo.

A common scoring mistake is to count the C as a four-point tile. C is worth three; the two four-point letters are W and H. Check your game's word list if you are playing outside the dictionaries named here.

For Wordle, WATCH is both an answer and an allowed guess. Its W opening and the A in its second position give you a concrete pattern to compare with other five-letter candidates.

Changing one letter produces ten neighbours, including MATCH, CATCH, PATCH, WITCH, and BATCH. The more unusual options are NATCH, GATCH, and RATCH, so do not assume every neighbour is equally familiar.

WATCH rhymes with words such as MATCH, CATCH, PATCH, and SKETCH. It has twelve listed rhymes, but none is an anagram: the exact five-tile set has no rearranged entry.