MARCHEN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MARCHEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARCHEN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARCHEN is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARCHEN
No single letter turns MARCHEN into another word.
How MARCHEN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MARCHEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does MARCHEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A folk tale or fairy tale, especially in the German tradition.
Marchen is the German word for a short magical story, and scholars adopt it for tales like those collected by the Brothers Grimm. The term separates such stories from legends believed to be true. In German it is spelled with an umlaut over the a.
How MARCHEN is used
Marchen is a literary-studies term borrowed from German.
- The professor lectured on the marchen of the Black Forest.
- A marchen often begins with a poor youth setting out.
- Each marchen in the book ends happily.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARCHEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MARCHEN
The 7 tiles of MARCHEN in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in MARCHEN
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Common questions about MARCHEN
- Is MARCHEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARCHEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARCHEN worth?
- MARCHEN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARCHEN mean?
- A folk tale or fairy tale, especially in the German tradition.
- What letters can be added to MARCHEN?
- No single letter can be added to MARCHEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MARCHEN:
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