BIRCHEN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIRCHEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIRCHEN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIRCHEN is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIRCHEN
No single letter turns BIRCHEN into another word.
How BIRCHEN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BIRCHEN, 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 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does BIRCHEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryarchaic
Made of birch wood or relating to birch trees.
Like beechen and oaken, birchen is a poetic adjective formed from the tree. It turns up in descriptions of canoes, brooms and silver-white woods.
How BIRCHEN is used
Birchen is literary, and ordinary writing says "birch".
- A birchen canoe rested on the shore.
- The old woman swept the porch with a birchen broom.
- Pale birchen woods stretched toward the lake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIRCHEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BIRCHEN
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Common questions about BIRCHEN
- Is BIRCHEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIRCHEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIRCHEN worth?
- BIRCHEN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIRCHEN mean?
- Made of birch wood or relating to birch trees.
- What letters can be added to BIRCHEN?
- No single letter can be added to BIRCHEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BIRCHEN:
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