ICHOR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ICHOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ICHOR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ICHOR is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ICHOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ichorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ICHOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ICHOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about ICHOR
- The same 5 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 ICHOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
literarypoetic
In Greek mythology, the ethereal fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods instead of blood; more generally, a thin, watery discharge from a wound.
In Homeric legend, ichor set the immortal gods apart from mortal humans, since a wounded god bled this pale, otherworldly fluid rather than ordinary red blood. Writers later borrowed the word more loosely for any thin, watery discharge oozing from a sore or wound, stripping away the mythological sense while keeping the eerie, unpleasant image. Because of its origins, ichor still carries a literary or poetic feel and rarely turns up in plain, everyday description.
How ICHOR is used
Literary and poetic; the medical or general sense of watery wound discharge is comparatively rare in modern use.
- In the myth, ichor rather than blood flowed from the wounded god's arm.
- The poet described ichor seeping from the fallen hero's side.
- A thin trail of ichor oozed from the untreated wound.
- Ancient sculptors imagined ichor as pale and faintly glowing.
- The old wound had healed badly, leaving a trace of ichor on the bandage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ICHOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ICHOR
The 5 tiles of ICHOR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ICHOR
2 longer words begin with ICHOR.
Words ending in ICHOR
1 words end in ICHOR. Useful as a back hook: play ICHOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with ICHOR inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain ICHOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ICHOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ICHOR
Common questions about ICHOR
- Is ICHOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ICHOR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ICHOR worth?
- ICHOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ICHOR mean?
- In Greek mythology, the ethereal fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods instead of blood; more generally, a thin, watery discharge from a wound.
- What letters can be added to ICHOR?
- ICHOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ICHOR:
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