BACH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BACH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACH is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BACH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BACH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does BACH mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To live as a bachelor.
Bach as a verb is clipped from bachelor and is American and Australian. In New Zealand the same four letters name a small holiday house, and that use has nothing to do with the verb.
How BACH is used
Bached, baching. Also a noun in New Zealand.
- He bached for a year and lived on toast.
- The word bach is clipped from bachelor.
- A bach in New Zealand is a holiday cottage.
- Two quite separate uses are spelled bach.
- Baching is a verb in America and a house in New Zealand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BACH
24 longer words begin with BACH.
Words ending in BACH
2 words end in BACH. Useful as a back hook: play BACH onto a word already on the board.
Words with BACH inside
10 words contain BACH in the middle. Words that start with BACH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BACH
Common questions about BACH
- Is BACH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACH worth?
- BACH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACH mean?
- To live as a bachelor.
- What letters can be added to BACH?
- BACH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BACH:
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