Is ARCHDUCHESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ARCHDUCHESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 22 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ARCHDUCHESS mean?
- noun
a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
22
Scrabble
23
Words With Friends
11
Letters
A (1) + R (1) + C (3) + H (4) + D (2) + U (1) + C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 22 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for ARCHDUCHESS
ARCHDUCHESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from ARCHDUCHESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- churched19
- churches18
- hachured17
- hachures16
- church16
- hachure15
- sheuchs15
- curches14
- shushed14
- succahs14
- cached14
- heuchs14
- sheuch14
- accursed13
- chasseur13
- chassed13
- crashed13
- crushed13
- duchess13
- echards13
- shusher13
- caches13
- hashed13
- hushed13
- succah13
- heuch13
- accusers12
- accrued12
- accused12
- chasers12
- crashes12
- crushes12
- eschars12
- arched12
- cashed12
- chards12
- chared12
- chased12
- chused12
- echard12
- hashes12
- hushes12
- rehash12
- ruched12
- cache12
- curch12
- crusades11
- accrues11
- accuser11
- accuses11
- dashers11
- shaders11
- arches11
- cashes11
- chares11
- chaser11
- chases11
- chasse11
- chuses11
- eschar11
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