BACHA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. BACHA 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BACHA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACHA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACHA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bachasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BACHA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BACHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does BACHA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
In Indian English, a young child.
Bacha is a loanword from Hindi and Urdu, adopted into Indian English to name someone still in the early years of life, well before adulthood. Speakers use it much as British or American speakers use kid or youngster, without any specialised or technical sense attached. The word appears in fiction and memoir set in South Asia as a natural, everyday term rather than a formal one.
How BACHA is used
Indian English; used informally for a young child, much like the English word kid.
- The old woman called every bacha in the street in for supper.
- A bacha ran past the stalls chasing a paper kite.
- He remembered being a bacha in his grandfather's village.
- The teacher smiled at every bacha lined up for the morning bell.
- Each bacha in the family received a small gift at the festival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACHA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BACHA
5 longer words begin with BACHA.
Shorter words from the letters in BACHA
Common questions about BACHA
- Is BACHA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BACHA is not in it.
- How many points is BACHA worth?
- BACHA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACHA mean?
- In Indian English, a young child.
- What letters can be added to BACHA?
- BACHA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BACHA:
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