NACHE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. NACHE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NACHE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NACHE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NACHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nachesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NACHE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NACHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about NACHE
- 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 NACHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A cut of beef from the rump, especially the lower and back part, also spelled natch.
Nache names a specific joint of beef taken from the rump end of the animal, a cut once familiar to butchers though rarely mentioned in modern recipes. Older culinary and dialect dictionaries record both nache and the shorter spelling natch for the same cut. The word survives today mainly in historical butchery vocabulary and specialist word lists rather than in current kitchen use.
How NACHE is used
Rare; found mainly in older butchery vocabulary and word-list dictionaries.
- The butcher trimmed the nache before wrapping it for sale.
- Older recipes call for a joint of nache rather than a modern cut.
- He asked the butcher for a nache instead of the usual roast.
- The nache sat next to the other rump cuts on the counter.
- Few modern shoppers would recognise a nache by name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NACHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NACHE
The 5 tiles of NACHE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NACHE
1 longer words begin with NACHE.
Words ending in NACHE
3 words end in NACHE. Useful as a back hook: play NACHE onto a word already on the board.
Words with NACHE inside
4 words contain NACHE in the middle. Words that start with NACHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NACHE
Common questions about NACHE
- Is NACHE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NACHE is not in it.
- How many points is NACHE worth?
- NACHE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NACHE mean?
- A cut of beef from the rump, especially the lower and back part, also spelled natch.
- What letters can be added to NACHE?
- NACHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NACHE:
Open NACHE in the Word Finder