ACHROMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ACHROMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACHROMIC?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACHROMIC is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACHROMIC
No single letter turns ACHROMIC into another word.
How ACHROMIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACHROMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACHROMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACHROMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having no colour, or only black, white and shades of grey.
Achromic is a scientific alternative to colourless and is used for things that show no hue at all. Compare it with the related word achromatic, which turns up in optics and photography.
How ACHROMIC is used
Used in science and medicine for tissue, glass or light with no hue.
- The achromic patch on his skin was painless.
- An achromic lens reduces colour fringes.
- The drawing was achromic, done in pencil only.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACHROMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ACHROMIC
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Common questions about ACHROMIC
- Is ACHROMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACHROMIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACHROMIC worth?
- ACHROMIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACHROMIC mean?
- Having no colour, or only black, white and shades of grey.
- What letters can be added to ACHROMIC?
- No single letter can be added to ACHROMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACHROMIC:
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