LICH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LICH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LICH?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LICH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LICH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LICH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LICH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does LICH mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A dead body, especially one awaiting burial.
Lich is Old English and survives chiefly inside the name of a roofed gate where a coffin rested on its way into a churchyard. Fantasy writing revived the word in the 1970s for an undead figure.
How LICH is used
Countable. Chiefly in lich-gate. Archaic.
- A lich gate stands at the churchyard entrance.
- The word lich is Old English for a body.
- Two lich gates survive in the same county.
- Fantasy writing revived lich in the 1970s.
- A coffin rested under the lich gate before burial.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LICH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LICH
Showing 24 of 41 words that begin with LICH.
Words ending in LICH
5 words end in LICH. Useful as a back hook: play LICH onto a word already on the board.
Words with LICH inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain LICH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LICH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LICH
Common questions about LICH
- Is LICH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LICH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LICH worth?
- LICH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LICH mean?
- A dead body, especially one awaiting burial.
- What letters can be added to LICH?
- LICH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LICH:
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