CHARGE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHARGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHARGE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHARGE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHARGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHARGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHARGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What stands out about CHARGE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHARGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To ask a price for something; to rush forward in attack; to accuse formally; to fill or load with energy, a substance or a feeling.
Charge has a wide family of meanings that all go back to the idea of loading something onto a person or object. A shop charges a fee, a court charges a suspect with a crime, and a soldier or a bull charges at the enemy. A battery is charged when it is filled with electrical energy, and a speech can be charged with emotion in much the same way.
How CHARGE is used
Everyday word with many senses; the noun covers a price, an accusation, an attack and an electrical quantity.
- The hotel will charge extra for a late checkout.
- Police may charge him with theft later today.
- The cavalry began to charge across the open field.
- Please charge your phone before the trip.
- The speech was charged with anger and grief.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHARGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHARGE
The 6 tiles of CHARGE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CHARGE
17 longer words begin with CHARGE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHARGE
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Common questions about CHARGE
- Is CHARGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHARGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHARGE worth?
- CHARGE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHARGE mean?
- To ask a price for something; to rush forward in attack; to accuse formally; to fill or load with energy, a substance or a feeling.
- What letters can be added to CHARGE?
- CHARGE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHARGE:
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