LOACH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LOACH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOACH?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOACH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOACH
No single letter turns LOACH into another word.
How LOACH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LOACH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does LOACH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small freshwater fish with a long, slender body, small scales, and barbels around the mouth, found mainly in rivers and streams of Europe and Asia.
A loach spends much of its time near the riverbed, using the sensitive barbels around its mouth to feel and taste for small insects, worms, and other food hidden in sand or gravel. Many species are kept in home aquariums because they help keep the bottom of a tank clean by eating leftover food and algae that other fish ignore. Some loaches can also gulp air at the surface and absorb oxygen through their gut, letting them survive in water too poor in oxygen for most other fish.
How LOACH is used
Used both for wild river fish and for the many loach species kept as aquarium fish.
- A loach darted along the riverbed, stirring up a cloud of silt.
- The aquarium hobbyist added a few loaches to clean up leftover food.
- Anglers rarely target loach, since most species are too small to eat.
- The clown loach is a popular, brightly striped aquarium fish.
- Scientists found several loach species surviving in nearly stagnant ponds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOACH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LOACH
The 5 tiles of LOACH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LOACH
1 longer words begin with LOACH.
Shorter words from the letters in LOACH
Common questions about LOACH
- Is LOACH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOACH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOACH worth?
- LOACH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOACH mean?
- A small freshwater fish with a long, slender body, small scales, and barbels around the mouth, found mainly in rivers and streams of Europe and Asia.
- What letters can be added to LOACH?
- No single letter can be added to LOACH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LOACH:
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