TECHIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TECHIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TECHIE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TECHIE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TECHIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TECHIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TECHIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What does TECHIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who is skilled in, or enthusiastic about, technology, especially computers.
Techie is an informal word that grew up with the computer industry, and it can describe a professional such as a network engineer or simply someone who enjoys gadgets. It is usually friendly, although it can carry a hint of teasing about a person who is more at home with machines than with small talk. The spelling tekkie is also seen, and techy exists as a variant.
How TECHIE is used
Informal; also used as a modifier, as in techie jargon or a techie friend.
- Our office techie fixed the printer in two minutes.
- She is a real techie and builds her own computers.
- The company hired another techie to look after the servers.
- Ask a techie friend before buying that laptop.
- He joked that every techie owns at least three old phones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TECHIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TECHIE
3 longer words begin with TECHIE.
Shorter words from the letters in TECHIE
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Common questions about TECHIE
- Is TECHIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TECHIE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TECHIE worth?
- TECHIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TECHIE mean?
- A person who is skilled in, or enthusiastic about, technology, especially computers.
- What letters can be added to TECHIE?
- TECHIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TECHIE:
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