ACHIOTE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ACHIOTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACHIOTE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACHIOTE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACHIOTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
achiotesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACHIOTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ACHIOTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What does ACHIOTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The seeds of a tropical American tree, or the orange-red dye and spice made from them.
Cooks in Mexico and the Caribbean grind achiote into a paste to colour and flavour meat and rice. The same seeds give annatto, used to tint cheese and butter, and the dye was used long ago for body paint.
How ACHIOTE is used
Achiote is common in Latin American cooking and food labelling, and also names the tree.
- The recipe called for a spoonful of achiote to colour the rice.
- Achiote paste gives the pork its deep orange colour.
- A small achiote tree grew beside the kitchen door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACHIOTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACHIOTE
1 longer words begin with ACHIOTE.
Shorter words from the letters in ACHIOTE
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Common questions about ACHIOTE
- Is ACHIOTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHIOTE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACHIOTE worth?
- ACHIOTE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACHIOTE mean?
- The seeds of a tropical American tree, or the orange-red dye and spice made from them.
- What letters can be added to ACHIOTE?
- ACHIOTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ACHIOTE:
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