TACHISTE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TACHISTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TACHISTE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TACHISTE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TACHISTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tachistesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TACHISTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TACHISTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TACHISTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TACHISTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A painter who works in the style of tachisme, using loose blots and splashes of colour.
A tachiste builds a picture from spontaneous marks rather than from careful drawing. The movement began in Paris in the 1950s and is related to American action painting.
How TACHISTE is used
Used in art criticism; the same sense is also written as tachist.
- The tachiste dripped bright paint across the canvas.
- Critics called her a tachiste of great energy.
- A tachiste rarely plans the picture in advance.
- The gallery showed work by a French tachiste.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TACHISTE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TACHISTE
The 8 tiles of TACHISTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TACHISTE
1 longer words begin with TACHISTE.
Shorter words from the letters in TACHISTE
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Common questions about TACHISTE
- Is TACHISTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TACHISTE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TACHISTE worth?
- TACHISTE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TACHISTE mean?
- A painter who works in the style of tachisme, using loose blots and splashes of colour.
- What letters can be added to TACHISTE?
- TACHISTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TACHISTE:
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