DRACHM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DRACHM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DRACHM?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DRACHM is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRACHM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DRACHM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DRACHM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about DRACHM
- DRACHM gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DRACHM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A small unit of weight or liquid measure used by apothecaries, equal to one eighth of an ounce.
Pharmacists once measured out medicines in drachms, using the weight form for powders and a fluid form for liquids. The weight was worth sixty grains, and the fluid measure sixty minims. The word comes from the same Greek source as drachma, and in an older sense it can also refer to that Greek coin. Modern pharmacy has replaced it with metric units.
How DRACHM is used
Found in older medical recipes and historical texts; the shorter form dram is more familiar.
- The recipe called for a drachm of powdered rhubarb root.
- He measured a drachm of laudanum into the glass.
- An old apothecary scale was marked in ounces and drachm weights.
- Half a drachm of the seed was enough to flavour the soup.
- The pharmacist wrote the dose as one drachm in the margin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRACHM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DRACHM
5 longer words begin with DRACHM.
Shorter words from the letters in DRACHM
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Common questions about DRACHM
- Is DRACHM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRACHM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRACHM worth?
- DRACHM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRACHM mean?
- A small unit of weight or liquid measure used by apothecaries, equal to one eighth of an ounce.
- What letters can be added to DRACHM?
- DRACHM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DRACHM:
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