CACHOU is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CACHOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CACHOU?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CACHOU is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CACHOU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cachousChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CACHOU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CACHOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does CACHOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A small scented pastille sucked to sweeten the breath, or the astringent resin used in tanning and medicine.
In older European fashion a cachou was a tiny aromatic pill carried in a pocket or a little box, popular with smokers and anyone anxious about their breath. The same word names the dried plant extract from which such pastilles were first made. Today it survives mostly in period novels and in the vocabulary of word-game players.
How CACHOU is used
Rare and old-fashioned; met in historical writing about etiquette, sweets and tanning materials.
- He slipped a cachou into his mouth before greeting the host.
- The lady kept a silver box of cachou in her handbag.
- A cachou is not a modern mint but a much older kind of sweet.
- The tanner bought another sack of cachou for the vats.
- After the cigar he chewed a cachou to hide the smell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CACHOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CACHOU
1 longer words begin with CACHOU.
Shorter words from the letters in CACHOU
Common questions about CACHOU
- Is CACHOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CACHOU, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CACHOU worth?
- CACHOU is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CACHOU mean?
- A small scented pastille sucked to sweeten the breath, or the astringent resin used in tanning and medicine.
- What letters can be added to CACHOU?
- CACHOU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CACHOU:
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