RACHILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. RACHILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RACHILLA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RACHILLA is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RACHILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RACHILLA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RACHILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RACHILLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RACHILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The slender axis inside a grass spikelet that carries the tiny florets.
A rachilla is the second-order stalk of a grass flower head, sitting inside the spikelet. Palms have a similar structure in their flower clusters, which is why the term turns up there too.
How RACHILLA is used
Used in grass and palm botany; a spelling with rh- also exists.
- Under the lens the florets sat along a thin rachilla.
- In this oat the rachilla breaks apart as the seeds ripen.
- The key asks whether the rachilla extends past the last floret.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RACHILLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RACHILLA
2 longer words begin with RACHILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in RACHILLA
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Common questions about RACHILLA
- Is RACHILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RACHILLA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RACHILLA worth?
- RACHILLA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RACHILLA mean?
- The slender axis inside a grass spikelet that carries the tiny florets.
- What letters can be added to RACHILLA?
- RACHILLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RACHILLA:
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