ARRACACHA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points

It depends on the list you play by. ARRACACHA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept ARRACACHA?

Word power: 34 / 100

Our own measure of how useful ARRACACHA is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for ARRACACHA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How ARRACACHA scores

Face value of the 9 tiles in ARRACACHA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARRACACHA has to be built on the board across turns.

What stands out about ARRACACHA

• The letter A appears four times in ARRACACHA.
• ARRACACHA begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with ARRACACHA

1 longer words begin with ARRACACHA.

Shorter words from the letters in ARRACACHA

Common questions about ARRACACHA

Is ARRACACHA valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARRACACHA is not in it.

How many points is ARRACACHA worth?

ARRACACHA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to ARRACACHA?

ARRACACHA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.