BIRCH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BIRCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIRCH?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIRCH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIRCH
No single letter turns BIRCH into another word.
How BIRCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIRCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does BIRCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tree with thin, often silvery-white bark that peels in papery layers, or the pale, close-grained wood it produces.
Birches grow quickly in cool northern climates and are easy to recognise by their smooth, peeling bark, which was once stripped and used for writing and canoe building. The timber from birch is light-coloured and takes a fine finish, so it is common in furniture, plywood and firewood. Bundles of birch twigs were also once tied together and used as a birch for corporal punishment, which gave rise to the related verb. Several species of birch are planted purely as ornamental garden trees for their striking bark.
How BIRCH is used
Used both as the everyday name of the tree and, more narrowly, of its wood in furniture and carpentry.
- A row of birch trees lined the edge of the field.
- The cabinet was built from pale birch rather than oak.
- Silver birch bark peels away in thin white curls.
- They planted a birch by the gate for its bright autumn colour.
- The floor was finished with birch plywood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIRCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIRCH
11 longer words begin with BIRCH.
Shorter words from the letters in BIRCH
Common questions about BIRCH
- Is BIRCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIRCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIRCH worth?
- BIRCH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIRCH mean?
- A tree with thin, often silvery-white bark that peels in papery layers, or the pale, close-grained wood it produces.
- What letters can be added to BIRCH?
- No single letter can be added to BIRCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIRCH:
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