HACHURE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HACHURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HACHURE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HACHURE is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HACHURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HACHURE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HACHURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does HACHURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
One of a set of short parallel lines used on maps and drawings to show shading or the slope of the ground.
Mapmakers draw hachures along a hillside, with the lines spaced closer where the slope is steep. Engravers use the same marks to shade a picture. Most modern maps have replaced hachures with contour lines.
How HACHURE is used
Hachure is used in cartography and engraving, usually in the plural.
- Each hachure on the map pointed down the slope.
- The old map used a hachure to show the cliff.
- Close hachures marked the steepest ridge.
- The engraver added a hachure for shadow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HACHURE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HACHURE
2 longer words begin with HACHURE.
Shorter words from the letters in HACHURE
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Common questions about HACHURE
- Is HACHURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HACHURE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HACHURE worth?
- HACHURE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HACHURE mean?
- One of a set of short parallel lines used on maps and drawings to show shading or the slope of the ground.
- What letters can be added to HACHURE?
- HACHURE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HACHURE:
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