MOCHI is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 12 points
Yes for Scrabble. MOCHI is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept MOCHI?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOCHI is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOCHI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOCHI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOCHI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What stands out about MOCHI
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MOCHI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soft Japanese confection made from pounded glutinous rice, often wrapped around a sweet filling.
Mochi is prepared by steaming glutinous rice and then pounding it into a smooth, elastic paste, traditionally with a wooden mallet in a large stone mortar. The chewy paste is shaped into small rounds, sometimes plain and sometimes wrapped around a filling such as sweetened red bean paste or fresh fruit. Mochi appears at Japanese New Year celebrations as well as year-round in sweet shops and, more recently, as an ice-cream-filled treat sold internationally. Its distinctive stretchy, chewy texture sets it apart from ordinary rice cakes made from other kinds of rice.
How MOCHI is used
Used in food writing and everyday speech for the Japanese rice confection, including the modern ice-cream-filled version sold in Western supermarkets.
- She bought a box of strawberry mochi from the bakery.
- Pounding the rice into mochi takes real arm strength.
- Ice-cream mochi has become popular in supermarkets far from Japan.
- Families make mochi together to mark the New Year.
- The filling inside the mochi was sweet red bean paste.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOCHI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MOCHI
The 5 tiles of MOCHI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with MOCHI
9 longer words begin with MOCHI.
Shorter words from the letters in MOCHI
Common questions about MOCHI
- Is MOCHI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MOCHI is not in it.
- How many points is MOCHI worth?
- MOCHI is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOCHI mean?
- A soft Japanese confection made from pounded glutinous rice, often wrapped around a sweet filling.
- What letters can be added to MOCHI?
- MOCHI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOCHI:
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