CALICHE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CALICHE 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 CALICHE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALICHE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALICHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
calichesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALICHE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CALICHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does CALICHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard layer of sand, gravel or soil cemented together by calcium carbonate in dry regions.
Caliche forms where rain is scarce, so dissolved minerals stay near the surface and harden. Builders and gardeners in deserts find it hard to dig through. The name is also given to nitrate-rich rock in Chile.
How CALICHE is used
Caliche is a geology and gardening term for the hard crust of arid soils.
- The workers struggled to dig through the caliche under the topsoil.
- A layer of caliche stopped water from draining away.
- Chile once exported nitrate mined from caliche.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALICHE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CALICHE
The 7 tiles of CALICHE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CALICHE
1 longer words begin with CALICHE.
Shorter words from the letters in CALICHE
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Common questions about CALICHE
- Is CALICHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALICHE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALICHE worth?
- CALICHE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALICHE mean?
- A hard layer of sand, gravel or soil cemented together by calcium carbonate in dry regions.
- What letters can be added to CALICHE?
- CALICHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CALICHE:
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