MARCHPANE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MARCHPANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MARCHPANE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARCHPANE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MARCHPANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
marchpanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MARCHPANE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MARCHPANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MARCHPANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MARCHPANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old word for marzipan, a sweet paste of ground almonds, sugar and egg whites.
In Tudor and Elizabethan kitchens it was shaped into figures, fruits and decorations for feasts. Today only history books and period novels still mention marchpane, since everyone else says marzipan.
How MARCHPANE is used
Archaic; used in historical writing and period fiction.
- The banquet ended with a castle made of marchpane.
- She nibbled a piece of marchpane shaped like a rose.
- Recipes for marchpane appear in sixteenth-century cookbooks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARCHPANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MARCHPANE
1 longer words begin with MARCHPANE.
Shorter words from the letters in MARCHPANE
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Common questions about MARCHPANE
- Is MARCHPANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARCHPANE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARCHPANE worth?
- MARCHPANE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARCHPANE mean?
- An old word for marzipan, a sweet paste of ground almonds, sugar and egg whites.
- What letters can be added to MARCHPANE?
- MARCHPANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MARCHPANE:
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