TROCHEE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TROCHEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROCHEE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROCHEE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROCHEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trocheesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROCHEE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TROCHEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 210,537.
What does TROCHEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A metrical foot of two syllables, a stressed one followed by an unstressed one.
Words such as garden and Monday are natural trochees. Poets use the trochee for a falling rhythm, as in the famous line about Hiawatha. It is the reverse of the iamb, which rises instead of falling.
How TROCHEE is used
Used in the study of poetry and prosody.
- The word "tiger" is a trochee.
- The poem is built on the pounding beat of the trochee.
- Students marked each trochee in the line with a slash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROCHEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TROCHEE
1 longer words begin with TROCHEE.
Shorter words from the letters in TROCHEE
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Common questions about TROCHEE
- Is TROCHEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROCHEE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROCHEE worth?
- TROCHEE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROCHEE mean?
- A metrical foot of two syllables, a stressed one followed by an unstressed one.
- What letters can be added to TROCHEE?
- TROCHEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TROCHEE:
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