ORCHIS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ORCHIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORCHIS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORCHIS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORCHIS
No single letter turns ORCHIS into another word.
How ORCHIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ORCHIS, 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 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about ORCHIS
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 ORCHIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A wild orchid of temperate regions, with a spike of pink or purple flowers rising from a tuber.
Orchis is a plant genus whose members grow from paired underground tubers, and the Greek word it comes from means testicle, a reference to the shape of those tubers. Writers on wildflowers often use the name loosely for any hardy meadow orchid. Early orchids of this kind flower in damp grassland in spring.
How ORCHIS is used
Botanical and poetic; a plural of orchis is orchises.
- A pale orchis grew at the edge of the marsh.
- The meadow was dotted with purple orchis in May.
- She pressed a spike of orchis between the pages.
- The orchis needs undisturbed damp ground to thrive.
- We counted three kinds of orchis on the hillside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORCHIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORCHIS
The 6 tiles of ORCHIS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ORCHIS
1 longer words begin with ORCHIS.
Shorter words from the letters in ORCHIS
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Common questions about ORCHIS
- Is ORCHIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORCHIS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORCHIS worth?
- ORCHIS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORCHIS mean?
- A wild orchid of temperate regions, with a spike of pink or purple flowers rising from a tuber.
- What letters can be added to ORCHIS?
- No single letter can be added to ORCHIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ORCHIS:
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