PACHISI is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PACHISI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PACHISI?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PACHISI is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PACHISI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pachisisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PACHISI scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PACHISI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does PACHISI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional board game of India in which pieces race around a cross-shaped board according to throws of cowrie shells.
The game of pachisi is played by up to four people, often as two partnerships, and rewards patience as much as luck. Many Western family games, including ludo, grew out of it.
How PACHISI is used
Names the Indian original, while ludo is the simpler dice-based descendant.
- They spent the monsoon afternoon over a cloth board of pachisi.
- In pachisi, a throw of the shells decides how far a piece may move.
- The museum displayed a pachisi set made of embroidered cloth.
- My grandfather taught us pachisi before we ever saw ludo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PACHISI and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PACHISI
1 longer words begin with PACHISI.
Shorter words from the letters in PACHISI
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Common questions about PACHISI
- Is PACHISI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PACHISI, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PACHISI worth?
- PACHISI is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PACHISI mean?
- A traditional board game of India in which pieces race around a cross-shaped board according to throws of cowrie shells.
- What letters can be added to PACHISI?
- PACHISI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PACHISI:
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