CACHEXY is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. CACHEXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CACHEXY?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACHEXY is to know. It scores 24 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACHEXY
No single letter turns CACHEXY into another word.
How CACHEXY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CACHEXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 37,055 thousand.
What stands out about CACHEXY
- CACHEXY scores 24 points, more than twice the average for a 7-letter word (11.8).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CACHEXY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A state of severe wasting and weakness caused by a long illness.
Cachexy marks the late stage of diseases such as cancer, where muscle and fat melt away even when the person eats. It is a more old-fashioned spelling of cachexia.
How CACHEXY is used
Cachexy is a dated medical term, replaced in modern texts by cachexia.
- The old doctor wrote of cachexy in the dying patient.
- Cachexy left her thin and too weak to stand.
- Weight loss from cachexy is hard to reverse with food alone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACHEXY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CACHEXY
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Common questions about CACHEXY
- Is CACHEXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACHEXY, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACHEXY worth?
- CACHEXY is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACHEXY mean?
- A state of severe wasting and weakness caused by a long illness.
- What letters can be added to CACHEXY?
- No single letter can be added to CACHEXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CACHEXY:
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