ECORCHE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ECORCHE 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 ECORCHE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ECORCHE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ECORCHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ecorchesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ECORCHE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ECORCHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,526 thousand.
What stands out about ECORCHE
- ECORCHE 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 ECORCHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A figure, drawing or sculpture of a body with the skin removed so that the muscles can be seen.
Art students used an ecorche to learn how muscles lie beneath the surface and shape the visible form. The word comes from French, where it means flayed. A plaster ecorche sat in many studios beside the casts of classical heads.
How ECORCHE is used
Used in art teaching and anatomy to describe a muscle figure without skin.
- The sculptor made an ecorche before modelling the clothed figure.
- On the studio shelf stood a plaster ecorche of a running man.
- He drew each ecorche from memory to learn the muscles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ECORCHE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ECORCHE
1 longer words begin with ECORCHE.
Shorter words from the letters in ECORCHE
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Common questions about ECORCHE
- Is ECORCHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ECORCHE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ECORCHE worth?
- ECORCHE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ECORCHE mean?
- A figure, drawing or sculpture of a body with the skin removed so that the muscles can be seen.
- What letters can be added to ECORCHE?
- ECORCHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ECORCHE:
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