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Is orchil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word orchil is a Scrabble US word. The word orchil is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

O1R1C3H4I1L1

Is orchil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word orchil is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

O1R1C3H4I1L1

Is orchil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word orchil is a Words With Friends word. The word orchil is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1R1C4H3I1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

ORCHIL,

5-letter words (7 found)

CHIRL,CHIRO,CHOIL,CHOIR,CHOLI,ICHOR,LORIC,

4-letter words (11 found)

CIRL,COIL,COIR,HORI,LICH,LOCH,LOCI,LOIR,RICH,ROCH,ROIL,

3-letter words (13 found)

CHI,COL,COR,HIC,HOC,HOI,ICH,LOR,OCH,OIL,ORC,RHO,ROC,

2-letter words (9 found)

CH,HI,HO,IO,LI,LO,OH,OI,OR,

You can make 41 words from orchil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of orchil

orchil

Alternative forms

  • archil, archall, orchel, orchal

Etymology

Old French orchel, orseil (modern French orseille), of uncertain origin.

Noun

orchil (countable and uncountable, plural orchils)

  1. Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
  2. The purple dye, orcein, extracted from them (especially Lecanora tartarea) and often used as substitute for Tyrian purple.

Synonyms

  • (lichen): orchella weed, archil lichen
  • (dye): lacmus, orcein

Translations

See also

  • cudbear

References

  • Orcein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “orchil”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “orchil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org