Yes. LYCH is a valid word.
LYCH is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
LYCH is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About LYCH
LYCH is an old word for a corpse, another spelling of LICH; it survives in lychgate, the roofed gateway of an English churchyard where a coffin once waited before a funeral. Its plural is LYCHES. It has no A, E, I, O or U, and its L, Y, C and H are worth 12 points together. A rare word that wins challenges. Lychgates still stand at the entrance of many old English churchyards: a gateway with a small roof. The H and C give it a strong score for so few tiles.
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LYCH scores 12 points
Before any bonus squares: L 1 + Y 4 + C 3 + H 4 = 12. On a double-word square that's 24, on a triple-word 36, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: LYCH as the first play
Later in the game, put the Y on a 3L square and LYCH is worth 20 before any word bonus.
Longer words from LYCH
Other forms of LYCH (1):
Words that start with LYCH:
- LYCHEEChinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed
- LYCHEESform of LYCHEE: Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed
- LYCHNISmostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects
- LYCHGATEa roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals
- LYCHGATESform of LYCHGATE: a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals
- LYCHNISESform of LYCHNIS: mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects
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Memory tip
LYCH is an old word for a corpse, as in the lych-gate of a churchyard.
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