Unscramble CCTOSH: Letters, Definition, and Answer
CCTOSH unscrambles to SCOTCH, a 6-letter verb from Jumble Answers Today: November 13, 2026. Repeated letters: C (×2).
How to crack CCTOSH
SCOT uses four tiles until leftover C and H refuse seats. COSTS leftover H spends both C tiles too early. Put SC at the front, then OTCH: SC, OTCH. Both C letters have to sit — one after S and one before H — or you rebuild SCOT. SCOTCH is the only everyday stop-or-whisky word that parks the double C.
Letter map: CCTOSH → SCOTCH
| Position in SCOTCH | Letter | Tile in CCTOSH | Circled for the caption |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S | 5 | — |
| 2 | C | 1 | Yes |
| 3 | O | 4 | Yes |
| 4 | T | 3 | Yes |
| 5 | C | 2 | Yes |
| 6 | H | 6 | — |
What does SCOTCH mean?
SCOTCH (verb): to put an end to a rumor or plan; also whisky from Scotland, or a slight cut. Example: “He could not scotch the rumor that the shop stayed open past closing.”
Similar: stop, quash, block, halt. Opposite: spread, encourage.
Did you know? Scotch as a verb, to cut or block, is older than the whisky label. Speakers still scotch a rumor. The drink spelling is a short form of Scottish, and Scotch tape is a 1920s brand name, not the verb.
Using SCOTCH in a sentence
Scotch as a verb means put an end to: scotch a rumor, scotch the plan. Quash and halt cover that sense; spread pushes the other way. The same spelling names whisky from Scotland, and a scotch is an older slight-cut. Keep scotch separate from Scot as a jumble cousin — Scot ate four tiles on this rack, and scotch needed leftover C and H after SCOT. Speakers also say hopscotch for the pavement game, and Scotch tape for the brand, neither of which is today's last-haircut cartoon. Hopscotch is the playground pairing this scramble never wanted.
How SCOTCH fits the puzzle
SCOTCH circles C, O, T and C. Those four letters become both C tiles in CUTTING and CLOSE, the O in CLOSE, and a T in CUTTING — so this six-letter verb finishes the caption bank with the letters the barber pun actually needs.
Its circled letters feed the caption answer, CUTTING IT CLOSE.
Other words in CCTOSH
15 shorter dictionary words can be made from a subset of these tiles:
COSHCOSTCOTSHOSTHOTSSCOTSHOTSOTHTOSHCOSCOTHOTOHSSOTTHO
The rest of this puzzle
- ELTMA → METAL (a typically hard, shiny, heat-conducting material such as iron, copper or gold)
- IGNSE → SINGE (to burn the surface of something slightly, without setting it fully alight)
- ANQTUI → QUAINT (attractively old-fashioned, unusual in a charming way)
- ETLSIGUINTCOTC → CUTTING IT CLOSE (finishing with almost no time left, and also a barber cutting hair right at closing)
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