Definitions for splotches

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Spelling: [sploch]
IPA: /splɒtʃ/

Splotches is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 459 anagrams from letters in splotches (cehlopsst).

Definitions for splotches

noun

  1. a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
  2. a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.

verb (used with object)

  1. to mark or cover with splotches.
  2. to mark or cover with splotches.

verb (used without object)

  1. to be susceptible to stains or blots; show or retain stains, blots, or spots of dirt or liquid:
  2. to cause or be liable to cause stains, blots, or spots:
  3. to be susceptible to stains or blots; show or retain stains, blots, or spots of dirt or liquid:
  4. to cause or be liable to cause stains, blots, or spots:

Origin of splotches

First recorded in 1595-1605; origin uncertain

Examples for splotches

There was a splotch of blue pigment at the back of his neck.

They dab a splotch of sheep-dip on the place and go right ahead.

You once took a splotch of dirt out of my eye that was troubling me very much.

A splotch like a red cabbage leaf was on the cheek of Solomon.

Croxton spat and a splotch of brown tobacco juice pocked the roadside gravel.

Her hair flamed bright in a splotch of sun as she got to her feet.

There was a splotch of blood on the palm and another on the under side of the thumb.

This after-dinner note had a splotch on it not yet quite dry.

But my mother, when she turned, saw only a splotch of wet on the outside of the glass.

That was all, save that in place of a signature there was a splotch of red sealing wax.

Away and beyond stood the Bear Paws, hazily blue, with splotches of purple shadows.

There were splotches of brown on the backs of their hands, and on the temples and forehead.

splotches of Earth-light and starlight sheen slowly shifted as the night advanced.

He was just eating supper when we called; there were splotches of white plaster on his trousers.

See, there are only splotches about, from various cuts he received.

"Then your parents had the splotches fade, so you never had them," he said absorbedly.

And there were the splotches of pigment of which Calhoun had heard.

In some cases irregular brownish patches or splotches develop on the skin around the breasts, on the sides, or on the face.

On the sloping banks below were splotches of violet and primrose, and, over all, hung the green shimmer of spring.

Passing beneath an electric lamp, the light fell an instant on his face—pale beneath the stubble beard and the splotches of grime.

Word Value for splotches
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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