ACEQUIA is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ACEQUIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACEQUIA?
| 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: 62 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACEQUIA is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACEQUIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acequiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACEQUIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACEQUIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What stands out about ACEQUIA
- ACEQUIA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- ACEQUIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACEQUIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
An irrigation ditch or channel, especially in the south-western United States.
An acequia carries water from a river to farm plots and is often managed by the local community as a shared resource. The word came into English from Spanish, and the system itself is centuries old.
How ACEQUIA is used
Writers use acequia when discussing farming and water rights in New Mexico and nearby regions.
- The village still opens the acequia each spring to water the fields.
- Neighbours share the work of cleaning the acequia before the planting season.
- A narrow acequia ran alongside the orchard wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACEQUIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACEQUIA
1 longer words begin with ACEQUIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ACEQUIA
Common questions about ACEQUIA
- Is ACEQUIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACEQUIA, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACEQUIA worth?
- ACEQUIA is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACEQUIA mean?
- An irrigation ditch or channel, especially in the south-western United States.
- What letters can be added to ACEQUIA?
- ACEQUIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACEQUIA:
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