ICH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ICH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ICH?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ICH is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ICH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ICH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ICH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about ICH
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ICH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A disease of fish that shows as white spots on the skin.
Ich is short for a parasite with a very long Latin name, and every aquarium keeper meets it eventually: the spots are the visible stage of something that spends most of its life elsewhere in the tank. Treating the fish alone never works, and that is the whole difficulty.
How ICH is used
Uncountable: a case of ich. Chiefly in fishkeeping.
- The tank had ich and every fish in it showed spots.
- Ich is treated in the water and not on the animal.
- A case of ich after new stock is arrives is common.
- The word ich shortens a name nobody can pronounce.
- Warmer water speeds the ich up and shortens the treatment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ICH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ICH
The 3 tiles of ICH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ICH
Showing 24 of 72 words that begin with ICH.
Words ending in ICH
Showing 24 of 56 words that end in ICH. Useful as a back hook: play ICH onto a word already on the board.
Words with ICH inside
Showing 24 of 674 words that contain ICH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ICH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ICH
Common questions about ICH
- Is ICH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ICH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ICH worth?
- ICH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ICH mean?
- A disease of fish that shows as white spots on the skin.
- What letters can be added to ICH?
- ICH takes 8 hooks: 7 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ICH:
Open ICH in the Word Finder