ALCAHEST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ALCAHEST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALCAHEST?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALCAHEST is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALCAHEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alcahestsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALCAHEST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALCAHEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALCAHEST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALCAHEST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalrare
An imagined liquid that alchemists believed could dissolve every other substance.
The alcahest never existed, yet it fascinated alchemists who hoped to find a solvent that would break down anything. Writers now use the word for any impossible cure-all or ultimate answer. It is a rarer spelling of a word more often written with a k.
How ALCAHEST is used
Used in the history of alchemy and in figurative talk of a miraculous solution.
- The old manuscript describes a search for the alcahest that lasted decades.
- No alcahest could dissolve the glass without destroying the flask that held it.
- He joked that the new software was no alcahest for every office problem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALCAHEST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALCAHEST
1 longer words begin with ALCAHEST.
Shorter words from the letters in ALCAHEST
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Common questions about ALCAHEST
- Is ALCAHEST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALCAHEST, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALCAHEST worth?
- ALCAHEST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALCAHEST mean?
- An imagined liquid that alchemists believed could dissolve every other substance.
- What letters can be added to ALCAHEST?
- ALCAHEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALCAHEST:
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