PACHUCO is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PACHUCO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PACHUCO?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PACHUCO is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PACHUCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pachucosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PACHUCO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PACHUCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,895 thousand.
What does PACHUCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A young Mexican-American man in the 1930s and 1940s who wore flamboyant clothes and belonged to an urban street culture.
The pachuco style, with its zoot suit and its own slang, became a symbol of cultural identity in the American Southwest. Writers and artists have returned to the figure many times.
How PACHUCO is used
Historical and cultural term; also found in Spanish.
- The pachuco in the photograph wore a long jacket.
- A play about a pachuco opened in Los Angeles.
- Each pachuco had his own way of speaking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PACHUCO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PACHUCO
The 7 tiles of PACHUCO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PACHUCO
1 longer words begin with PACHUCO.
Shorter words from the letters in PACHUCO
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Common questions about PACHUCO
- Is PACHUCO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PACHUCO, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PACHUCO worth?
- PACHUCO is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PACHUCO mean?
- A young Mexican-American man in the 1930s and 1940s who wore flamboyant clothes and belonged to an urban street culture.
- What letters can be added to PACHUCO?
- PACHUCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PACHUCO:
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