TACHISM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TACHISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TACHISM?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TACHISM is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TACHISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TACHISM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TACHISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does TACHISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A style of abstract painting that uses spontaneous dabs and splashes of colour.
Tachism arose in France in the 1940s and 1950s and is close to action painting in America. Its name comes from the French word for a stain or blot. Artists in this style prized instinct and gesture over careful drawing.
How TACHISM is used
Tachism is used in art history for the European counterpart of abstract expressionism.
- The gallery devoted a room to tachism and its blotted canvases.
- Critics linked tachism with the mood of postwar Paris.
- A lecture on tachism showed paint flung straight from the tube.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TACHISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TACHISM
The 7 tiles of TACHISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TACHISM
3 longer words begin with TACHISM.
Shorter words from the letters in TACHISM
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Common questions about TACHISM
- Is TACHISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TACHISM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TACHISM worth?
- TACHISM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TACHISM mean?
- A style of abstract painting that uses spontaneous dabs and splashes of colour.
- What letters can be added to TACHISM?
- TACHISM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TACHISM:
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