ACHE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ACHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACHE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACHE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACHE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ACHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does ACHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A continuous dull pain.
Ache was spelled with a k until the eighteenth century, and the current spelling was imposed by a lexicographer who wrongly believed the word was Greek. The pronunciation never changed at all.
How ACHE is used
Countable. Also a verb: ached, aches.
- An ache is duller than a pain and lasts longer.
- The word ache was spelled with a k until the 1700s.
- A lexicographer changed the spelling of ache by mistake.
- My back ached for a fortnight and then stopped.
- Two aches in different places from one cause.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ACHE
The 4 tiles of ACHE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ACHE
8 longer words begin with ACHE.
Words ending in ACHE
Showing 24 of 34 words that end in ACHE. Useful as a back hook: play ACHE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ACHE inside
Showing 24 of 322 words that contain ACHE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ACHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ACHE
Common questions about ACHE
- Is ACHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACHE worth?
- ACHE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACHE mean?
- A continuous dull pain.
- What letters can be added to ACHE?
- ACHE takes 7 hooks: 5 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ACHE:
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