Meaning
- (noun) A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
- (noun) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.
- (noun) A ratchet wrench.
- (noun) (by extension) A procedure or regulation that goes in one direction, usually up.
Letter breakdown
- Ratchets contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Letter rearrangements
Words from these letters
- chatters
- archest
- chaster
- chatter
- hatters
- ratchet
- scatter
- shatter
- stretch
- threats
- arches
- carets
- caster
- caters
- charts
- chaser
- chaste
- cheats
- crates
- earths
- haters
- hatter
- hearts
- reacts
- recast
- sachet
- search
- starch
- stater
- taster
- threat
- traces
- tracts
- treats
- aches
- acres
- aster
- cares
- caret
- carts
- caste
- cater
- chars
- chart
- chase
- chats
- cheat
- chest
- crash
- crate
- crest
- earth
- hares
- harts
- haste
- hater
- hates
- hears
- heart
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with RAT
- rat
- ratchet
- ratcheted
- ratcheting
- rate
- rated
- rates
- rather
- rathskeller
- rathskellers
- ratification
- ratified
- ratifies
- ratify
- ratifying
- rating
- ratings
- ratio
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Words ending with ETS
Reader questions
What does Ratchets mean?
A pawl, click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
What are the anagrams of Ratchets?
Valid anagrams: chatters.
How many letters are in Ratchets?
Ratchets has 8 letters.
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