XERARCH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. XERARCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept XERARCH?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful XERARCH is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for XERARCH
No single letter turns XERARCH into another word.
How XERARCH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in XERARCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,470 thousand.
What does XERARCH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing an ecological succession that begins in a dry habitat.
Xerarch is used by ecologists for a sere, the series of plant communities that takes over bare, dry ground such as rock or sand. The opposite idea is a succession starting in water.
How XERARCH is used
Xerarch is a specialist term in ecology, used with succession or sere.
- The study followed a xerarch succession on bare rock.
- Lichens are early pioneers in a xerarch sere.
- Sand dunes often start a xerarch sequence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of XERARCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about XERARCH
- Is XERARCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts XERARCH, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is XERARCH worth?
- XERARCH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does XERARCH mean?
- Describing an ecological succession that begins in a dry habitat.
- What letters can be added to XERARCH?
- No single letter can be added to XERARCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of XERARCH:
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