inch: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with I · ends with H
Meaning of inch
noun
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm.
Example: One rule of thumb is that the width of an adult thumb can approximate a length of one inch.
- figuratively
Any very short distance.
Example: Don't move an inch!
Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
Example: At the time of Augustus, the Roman inch was standardized at a length about 3% shorter than the modern English one.
A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
Example: Expect around 2 inches of rain on Saturday afternoon.
Source: Wiktionary — inch.
verb
- intransitive
To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
Example: Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
To drive by inches, or small degrees.
To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Listed forms: inches, inching, inched.
Source: Wiktionary — inch.
noun
- Ireland, Scotland
A small island; an islet.
- Ireland, Scotland
A meadow, pasture, field, or haugh.
Listed forms: inches.
Source: Wiktionary — inch.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for inch.
noun
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
noun
a unit of measurement for advertising space
- column inch
verb
advance slowly, as if by inches
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is inch in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of inch
I(1) + N(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of inch
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from inch
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in inch. Showing up to 24, longest first.