POACHY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. POACHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POACHY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POACHY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POACHY
No single letter turns POACHY into another word.
How POACHY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POACHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does POACHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
regional
Of land, soft and wet so that feet and hooves sink into it.
Farmers describe a poachy field after cattle have churned the ground into mud around a gateway. The word is local and agricultural, and has nothing to do with cooking eggs or hunting illegally.
How POACHY is used
Used of waterlogged pasture and trampled ground.
- The poachy ground by the trough was ankle deep in mud.
- After the rain the meadow turned poachy.
- Cows had left the gateway poachy and slippery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POACHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POACHY
The 6 tiles of POACHY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in POACHY
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Common questions about POACHY
- Is POACHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POACHY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POACHY worth?
- POACHY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POACHY mean?
- Of land, soft and wet so that feet and hooves sink into it.
- What letters can be added to POACHY?
- No single letter can be added to POACHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POACHY:
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