ECHO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ECHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ECHO?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECHO is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECHO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
echosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ECHO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ECHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does ECHO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sound reflected back to the hearer.
Echo is named after a nymph in Greek myth who could do nothing but repeat what others said. Very few English words are named after a character rather than the other way round.
How ECHO is used
Countable; the plural is echoes. Also a verb.
- An echo needs a surface about seventeen metres away.
- The word echo comes from the name of a nymph.
- The hall echoed and swallowed every consonant.
- Very few words are named after a character as echo is.
- Two echoes from opposite walls arrive separately.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ECHO
The 4 tiles of ECHO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ECHO
Showing 24 of 48 words that begin with ECHO.
Words ending in ECHO
5 words end in ECHO. Useful as a back hook: play ECHO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ECHO inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain ECHO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ECHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ECHO
Common questions about ECHO
- Is ECHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECHO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECHO worth?
- ECHO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECHO mean?
- A sound reflected back to the hearer.
- What letters can be added to ECHO?
- ECHO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ECHO:
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