hooch

Noun

an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.
A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
Alternative form of hoosh (“type of stew”).

Origin / Etymology

Abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu (“grizzly bear fort”), the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived. From Tlingit xóots (“grizzly bear”).

Synonyms

hootch

Scrabble Score: 13

hooch is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hooch is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hooch is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hooch is a valid Words With Friends word