APACHE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. APACHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APACHE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APACHE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APACHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
apachesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APACHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in APACHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does APACHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A violent street criminal of Paris, especially a member of a gang of ruffians.
In this older sense an apache was a figure of the Paris underworld around the early twentieth century, a tough and quarrelsome gang member of the city's poor districts. English writers borrowed the word from French when describing that romantic and dangerous side of the city. The lowercase apache is quite separate from the capitalised proper name of a people, which this entry does not describe.
How APACHE is used
Rare and literary; mostly in writing about French city life.
- The novel opens with an apache lurking in a doorway of Montmartre.
- A Paris apache was a fixture of detective stories.
- The writer described the apache as both feared and admired.
- He dressed like an apache for the costume ball.
- Each apache of the district knew the narrow alleys well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APACHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APACHE
1 longer words begin with APACHE.
Shorter words from the letters in APACHE
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Common questions about APACHE
- Is APACHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APACHE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APACHE worth?
- APACHE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APACHE mean?
- A violent street criminal of Paris, especially a member of a gang of ruffians.
- What letters can be added to APACHE?
- APACHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of APACHE:
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