OCHERISH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OCHERISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCHERISH?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCHERISH is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCHERISH
No single letter turns OCHERISH into another word.
How OCHERISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OCHERISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OCHERISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OCHERISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Somewhat like ochre in colour, being an earthy yellow or reddish-brown.
Ocherish is used when a surface is not quite ochre but leans toward it, as with sandstone, old paper or dried clay. Painters and geologists describe such tints this way.
How OCHERISH is used
Ocherish is a rare colour word, used in art and geology.
- The cliff had an ocherish glow in the evening sun.
- Old parchment turns ocherish with age.
- An ocherish stain spread across the plaster.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCHERISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OCHERISH
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Common questions about OCHERISH
- Is OCHERISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCHERISH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCHERISH worth?
- OCHERISH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCHERISH mean?
- Somewhat like ochre in colour, being an earthy yellow or reddish-brown.
- What letters can be added to OCHERISH?
- No single letter can be added to OCHERISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OCHERISH:
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