Definitions for latchkey

latchkey latch·key

Spelling: [lach-kee]
IPA: /ˈlætʃˌki/

Latchkey is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in latchkey (acehklty).

Definitions for latchkey

noun

  1. a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.

Origin of latchkey

First recorded in 1815-25; latch + key1

Examples for latchkey

With deep relief she saw her father, latchkey in hand, turning into the Old Square.

By the use of his latchkey they had entered a palace huge and dark.

Lady St. Craye hesitated a moment with her latchkey in her hand.

It was only when he got out into the now-emptying street that he remembered that he had not got a latchkey.

At nine o'clock I heard my uncle's latchkey in the halldoor.

Yes; and I had an umbrella for its tempests, and a latchkey for my safe return.

There was his latchkey—the key with which he had gone into his lodgings to fetch away the disguise.

With longing, yet with dread, she waited for the sound of Stephen's latchkey.

A moment later there was a rattle of a latchkey and two people came in.

All was quiet and peaceful, though, as Pinckney opens the door with his latchkey.

Word Value for latchkey
Scrable

20

Words with friends

20

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