KACHA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. KACHA 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KACHA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KACHA is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KACHA
No single letter turns KACHA into another word.
How KACHA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KACHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does KACHA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Indian English
Made of unbaked or temporary material, such as mud or thatch, as opposed to properly built or finished.
In Indian English, kacha describes a road, house, or structure built from mud, thatch, or other impermanent material rather than brick or concrete. The word comes from a Hindi term meaning raw or unripe, and by extension anything that is unfinished, temporary, or unreliable can be called kacha. A kacha house may wash away in heavy monsoon rain, unlike a properly built brick one.
How KACHA is used
Common across South Asian English, especially when contrasted with its opposite, pucca, meaning solidly built.
- The village houses were mostly kacha, built of mud and straw.
- Heavy rains washed away the kacha road overnight.
- He lived in a kacha hut before saving enough to build in brick.
- The report called the shelter kacha and unfit for the coming monsoon.
- Farmers stored grain in kacha bins made of packed earth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KACHA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KACHA
2 longer words begin with KACHA.
Shorter words from the letters in KACHA
Common questions about KACHA
- Is KACHA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KACHA is not in it.
- How many points is KACHA worth?
- KACHA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KACHA mean?
- Made of unbaked or temporary material, such as mud or thatch, as opposed to properly built or finished.
- What letters can be added to KACHA?
- No single letter can be added to KACHA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KACHA:
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