RACHIS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RACHIS 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 RACHIS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RACHIS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RACHIS
Front hooks — 1
arachisBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RACHIS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RACHIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does RACHIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyzoology
The main central axis of a structure, such as the spine, a feather shaft or the midrib of a fern frond.
Rachis comes from a Greek word meaning spine, and it names the stiff central line from which side parts branch. A fern frond has one, so does a compound leaf and a flower cluster, and in a bird's feather it is the shaft that carries the barbs. In anatomy it can also mean the backbone. The plural is rachises or rachides.
How RACHIS is used
Technical term used in botany, ornithology and anatomy.
- The leaflets are attached along the rachis of the frond.
- A feather rachis bends but rarely breaks.
- The botanist traced the rachis from base to tip.
- Small flowers crowd the rachis of the grass spike.
- The vet pointed to the rachis of the injured wing feather.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RACHIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RACHIS
The 6 tiles of RACHIS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RACHIS
3 longer words begin with RACHIS.
Shorter words from the letters in RACHIS
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Common questions about RACHIS
- Is RACHIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RACHIS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RACHIS worth?
- RACHIS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RACHIS mean?
- The main central axis of a structure, such as the spine, a feather shaft or the midrib of a fern frond.
- What letters can be added to RACHIS?
- RACHIS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RACHIS:
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