RANCHO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RANCHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RANCHO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RANCHO is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RANCHO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ranchosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RANCHO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RANCHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about RANCHO
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RANCHO mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
In the American Southwest and Latin America, a small hut or group of huts for ranch workers or travelers, or a ranch.
Rancho came into English from Spanish, where it first meant a rough shelter for herders and wayfarers. Later it grew into a name for a whole cattle farm, which is why many places in California and the Southwest carry the word. Today it mostly appears in place names and in writing about the old frontier.
How RANCHO is used
Regional; found in historical writing and in place names of the American Southwest.
- The vaqueros slept in a rancho near the river.
- A lone rancho stood at the end of the dusty trail.
- Their family worked the rancho for three generations.
- We stopped at a rancho to water the horses.
- The town grew up around an old rancho.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RANCHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RANCHO
The 6 tiles of RANCHO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RANCHO
1 longer words begin with RANCHO.
Shorter words from the letters in RANCHO
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Common questions about RANCHO
- Is RANCHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RANCHO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RANCHO worth?
- RANCHO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RANCHO mean?
- In the American Southwest and Latin America, a small hut or group of huts for ranch workers or travelers, or a ranch.
- What letters can be added to RANCHO?
- RANCHO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RANCHO:
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