ECHELLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ECHELLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECHELLE?
| 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 ECHELLE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECHELLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
echellesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ECHELLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ECHELLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,032 thousand.
What stands out about ECHELLE
- ECHELLE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ECHELLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A diffraction grating with widely spaced lines, used to split light into its colours in a spectrograph.
An echelle gives high resolution, so astronomers rely on it to read fine detail in starlight. The word is French for ladder, and in dressmaking it once named a ladder-like row of ribbons.
How ECHELLE is used
Specialist term in optics and astronomy.
- The telescope carries an echelle spectrograph.
- An echelle spreads the light into many narrow bands.
- The lab bought a new echelle for its instrument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECHELLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ECHELLE
1 longer words begin with ECHELLE.
Shorter words from the letters in ECHELLE
Common questions about ECHELLE
- Is ECHELLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECHELLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECHELLE worth?
- ECHELLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECHELLE mean?
- A diffraction grating with widely spaced lines, used to split light into its colours in a spectrograph.
- What letters can be added to ECHELLE?
- ECHELLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ECHELLE:
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