ANCHO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ANCHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANCHO?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANCHO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANCHO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANCHO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANCHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ANCHO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dried poblano chili pepper, dark reddish-brown in color and mild to moderately hot, used especially in Mexican cooking.
Ancho peppers begin as fresh green poblano chilies and take on a dark, wrinkled, reddish-brown skin once dried, along with a mild, slightly sweet, smoky flavor. Cooks use the ancho whole, ground into powder, or soaked and blended into sauces such as mole. Because it is one of the mildest dried chilies commonly sold, the ancho is a popular starting point for people new to cooking with dried peppers. The name comes from the Spanish word for wide, describing the pepper's broad, flattened shape compared with narrower chili varieties.
How ANCHO is used
Culinary noun, chiefly used in the context of Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking.
- The recipe called for two dried ancho peppers, soaked and pureed.
- She ground the ancho into a fine reddish powder.
- A rich mole sauce often starts with rehydrated ancho chilies.
- The market sold anchos alongside other dried peppers.
- He toasted the ancho lightly before adding it to the pot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANCHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANCHO
The 5 tiles of ANCHO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANCHO
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with ANCHO.
Words ending in ANCHO
2 words end in ANCHO. Useful as a back hook: play ANCHO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANCHO inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain ANCHO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANCHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANCHO
Common questions about ANCHO
- Is ANCHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANCHO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANCHO worth?
- ANCHO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANCHO mean?
- A dried poblano chili pepper, dark reddish-brown in color and mild to moderately hot, used especially in Mexican cooking.
- What letters can be added to ANCHO?
- ANCHO takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANCHO:
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