TACHO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. TACHO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept TACHO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TACHO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TACHO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tachosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TACHO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TACHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does TACHO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A tachograph, or the record it produces of a vehicle's speed and a driver's hours — the informal short form.
A tacho is fitted to a lorry or coach and quietly logs how fast the vehicle travelled and how long the driver sat behind the wheel, producing a disc or digital record checked against rules on driving hours. British hauliers use the word for both the instrument and the record it produces, letting context sort out which is meant. The shortening follows the same pattern as tach for tachometer, though the two words measure different things for entirely different trades. A driver who breaks the rules is usually said to have been caught out by the tacho rather than by an inspector reading it.
How TACHO is used
Informal; British. Countable, and used of both the device and the record it produces: a tacho, two tachos.
- The inspector pulled the tacho from the dashboard and checked the last week's driving.
- A faulty tacho can ground a lorry until it is replaced.
- He was fined after the tacho showed hours far beyond the legal limit.
- Two tachos sat in the same cab, one digital and one still running on paper.
- The word tacho is short for tachograph, the full name of the device.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TACHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TACHO
The 5 tiles of TACHO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TACHO
12 longer words begin with TACHO.
Words with TACHO inside
7 words contain TACHO in the middle. Words that start with TACHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TACHO
Common questions about TACHO
- Is TACHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TACHO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TACHO worth?
- TACHO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TACHO mean?
- A tachograph, or the record it produces of a vehicle's speed and a driver's hours — the informal short form.
- What letters can be added to TACHO?
- TACHO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TACHO:
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