EECHED is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. EECHED is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EECHED?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EECHED is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EECHED
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How EECHED scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EECHED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 338,651.
What does EECHED mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To have added to or increased something, such as a length of rope or a store of goods: the past tense of the obsolete verb eech.
Eeched described the act of making something larger or longer, whether stretching a rope, adding to a store of goods, or lengthening a piece of writing. The verb is related to eke, still heard today in the phrase eke out.
How EECHED is used
An obsolete verb form, found only in older or historical texts.
- The rope was eeched with an extra length of cord.
- Each season the farmer eeched his stock of grain.
- The tale was eeched with fresh details by later tellers.
- Their supplies were eeched with whatever the land offered.
- The old ballad had been eeched over many generations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EECHED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EECHED
Common questions about EECHED
- Is EECHED valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EECHED is not in it.
- How many points is EECHED worth?
- EECHED is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EECHED mean?
- To have added to or increased something, such as a length of rope or a store of goods: the past tense of the obsolete verb eech.
- What letters can be added to EECHED?
- EECHED takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EECHED:
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