BARRANCA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BARRANCA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARRANCA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARRANCA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARRANCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barrancasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARRANCA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BARRANCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARRANCA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARRANCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A deep ravine or gorge cut into the land by running water.
Barranca is borrowed from Spanish and is familiar in the American Southwest and Latin America, where the steep cuts left by rains and rivers are a landmark feature. It suggests a more dramatic gash than an ordinary gully.
How BARRANCA is used
Barranca is used in travel writing and geography about Spanish-speaking regions.
- The trail dropped sharply into a barranca.
- Flash floods had carved a deep barranca through the hillside.
- Hawks circled above the barranca at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARRANCA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BARRANCA
The 8 tiles of BARRANCA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BARRANCA
1 longer words begin with BARRANCA.
Shorter words from the letters in BARRANCA
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Common questions about BARRANCA
- Is BARRANCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARRANCA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARRANCA worth?
- BARRANCA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARRANCA mean?
- A deep ravine or gorge cut into the land by running water.
- What letters can be added to BARRANCA?
- BARRANCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BARRANCA:
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