DREICH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DREICH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DREICH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DREICH is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DREICH
No single letter turns DREICH into another word.
How DREICH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DREICH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about DREICH
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DREICH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Cold, damp, grey and cheerless, used above all of Scottish weather.
Dreich is a Scots word that has no neat single-word equivalent in standard English, because it combines wetness, gloom and a sense of dragging on. Scottish speakers reach for it when drizzle and low cloud have settled in for the day. It can also be stretched to describe a dull, wearisome piece of work or a tedious stretch of time, though weather remains its home ground.
How DREICH is used
Scots and Northern English; very frequent in talk about the weather and increasingly known elsewhere.
- It was a dreich November morning in Glasgow.
- The dreich weather kept everyone indoors all weekend.
- After a dreich week we were desperate for a glimpse of sun.
- He found the whole meeting long and dreich.
- A dreich drizzle blew in from the firth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DREICH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DREICH
The 6 tiles of DREICH in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DREICH
2 longer words begin with DREICH.
Shorter words from the letters in DREICH
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Common questions about DREICH
- Is DREICH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DREICH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DREICH worth?
- DREICH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DREICH mean?
- Cold, damp, grey and cheerless, used above all of Scottish weather.
- What letters can be added to DREICH?
- No single letter can be added to DREICH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DREICH:
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