ORCHIL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ORCHIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORCHIL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORCHIL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORCHIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orchilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORCHIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ORCHIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does ORCHIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Lichens of the Roccella kind, and the violet colouring obtained from them by steeping in ammonia; also spelled archil.
Dyers prepared orchil by steeping lichens in an ammonia-rich liquid, often stale urine, until the colour developed. It gave cloth a reddish purple and was also the raw material for litmus, the paper that turns colour in acid and alkali. The same dye is spelled archil in some books.
How ORCHIL is used
Mainly historical or technical, in writing about dyes and chemistry.
- The wool was coloured with orchil, then rinsed in cold water.
- Litmus was once prepared from orchil.
- Merchants shipped orchil lichen from the coasts of the Atlantic islands.
- A faint stain of orchil remained on the old rag.
- Turmeric and orchil fade quickly in strong light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORCHIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORCHIL
3 longer words begin with ORCHIL.
Shorter words from the letters in ORCHIL
Common questions about ORCHIL
- Is ORCHIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORCHIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORCHIL worth?
- ORCHIL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORCHIL mean?
- Lichens of the Roccella kind, and the violet colouring obtained from them by steeping in ammonia; also spelled archil.
- What letters can be added to ORCHIL?
- ORCHIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ORCHIL:
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