ACHARYA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points

It depends on the list you play by. ACHARYA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

Which word lists accept ACHARYA?

Word power: 56 / 100

Our own measure of how useful ACHARYA is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ACHARYA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How ACHARYA scores

Face value of the 7 tiles in ACHARYA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,970 thousand.

What stands out about ACHARYA

• ACHARYA begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with ACHARYA

1 longer words begin with ACHARYA.

Shorter words from the letters in ACHARYA

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Common questions about ACHARYA

Is ACHARYA valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHARYA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is ACHARYA worth?

ACHARYA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ACHARYA?

ACHARYA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.