SHADRACH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SHADRACH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHADRACH?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHADRACH is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHADRACH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shadrachsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHADRACH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SHADRACH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHADRACH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SHADRACH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
A lump of iron that has not melted properly in the furnace.
Smelters used the name for a mass of iron that failed to reach the intended state. It was borrowed jokingly from the Bible, where Shadrach came through the fiery furnace unharmed.
How SHADRACH is used
Shadrach in this sense is a rare technical term from old ironworking.
- The workers raked a shadrach out of the furnace at dawn.
- A shadrach is useless to the smith and has to be reworked.
- The foreman cursed when another shadrach appeared among the slag.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHADRACH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHADRACH
1 longer words begin with SHADRACH.
Shorter words from the letters in SHADRACH
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Common questions about SHADRACH
- Is SHADRACH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHADRACH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHADRACH worth?
- SHADRACH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHADRACH mean?
- A lump of iron that has not melted properly in the furnace.
- What letters can be added to SHADRACH?
- SHADRACH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SHADRACH:
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