ECHARD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ECHARD 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 ECHARD?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECHARD is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECHARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
echardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ECHARD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ECHARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about ECHARD
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 ECHARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The part of the water held in soil that plants cannot absorb.
Soil scientists use echard for the water that clings so tightly to soil particles, or sits where roots cannot reach, that it is useless to a growing crop even though the ground may feel damp. It stands in contrast to chresard, the water plants can actually use. The pair of words was coined for ecology and agriculture, and echard is almost never met outside textbooks on soil and plant life.
How ECHARD is used
Specialist term from soil science and ecology; very rare in general writing.
- In heavy clay soil a large share of the water is echard.
- The measurement subtracts the echard from the total moisture.
- Plants can wilt even when the echard is high.
- The textbook defines echard as water unavailable to roots.
- A drought may leave only echard in the topsoil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECHARD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ECHARD
The 6 tiles of ECHARD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ECHARD
1 longer words begin with ECHARD.
Shorter words from the letters in ECHARD
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Common questions about ECHARD
- Is ECHARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECHARD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECHARD worth?
- ECHARD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECHARD mean?
- The part of the water held in soil that plants cannot absorb.
- What letters can be added to ECHARD?
- ECHARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ECHARD:
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