BABICHE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BABICHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BABICHE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BABICHE is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BABICHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
babichesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BABICHE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BABICHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does BABICHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
Thin strips of rawhide used as cord or lacing, especially in Canada.
Babiche is traditionally cut from animal hide and dried hard. Indigenous makers used it for snowshoe webbing and to bind frames. The word came into English from Canadian French.
How BABICHE is used
Found in writing about Canadian crafts, trapping and snowshoes.
- The snowshoe was laced with babiche.
- He soaked the babiche before weaving it through the frame.
- Dried babiche becomes stiff and strong.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BABICHE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BABICHE
1 longer words begin with BABICHE.
Shorter words from the letters in BABICHE
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Common questions about BABICHE
- Is BABICHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BABICHE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BABICHE worth?
- BABICHE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BABICHE mean?
- Thin strips of rawhide used as cord or lacing, especially in Canada.
- What letters can be added to BABICHE?
- BABICHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BABICHE:
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