Is “Hatches” a Scrabble word?

1.A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.

2.A trapdoor.

3.An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.

“The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.”

1.To close with a hatch or hatches.

1.The act of hatching.

2.Development; disclosure; discovery.

3.(poultry) A group of birds that emerged from eggs at a specified time.

“These pullets are from an April hatch.”

1.(of young animals) To emerge from an egg.

2.(of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.

3.To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.