ZILCH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. ZILCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZILCH?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZILCH is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZILCH
No single letter turns ZILCH into another word.
How ZILCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZILCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What stands out about ZILCH
- ZILCH scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZILCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
Nothing at all; zero.
Zilch is an informal North American word used to emphasize a complete absence of something. It stands in for nothing or zero, often for casual or humorous effect.
How ZILCH is used
Informal, chiefly North American; common in speech and casual writing.
- After all that work, I got paid zilch.
- The search of the archives turned up zilch.
- He knows zilch about cooking.
- Their advice amounted to zilch in the end.
- We have zilch chance of winning now.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZILCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZILCH
1 longer words begin with ZILCH.
Shorter words from the letters in ZILCH
Common questions about ZILCH
- Is ZILCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZILCH, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZILCH worth?
- ZILCH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZILCH mean?
- Nothing at all; zero.
- What letters can be added to ZILCH?
- No single letter can be added to ZILCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZILCH:
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