CHA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept CHA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHA is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about CHA
- The same 3 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 CHA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Tea, as a drink.
Cha came into English twice over: once through Portuguese traders from the Cantonese, and again through soldiers who picked it up in India, which is the route that stuck. It belongs to the canteen and the building site, not to the tea room, and a cup of cha promises strong, quick and hot.
How CHA is used
Uncountable, like tea itself — a cup of cha, some cha. Also spelled char in the same sense.
- He put the kettle on and shouted that the cha was coming.
- Nothing gets done on that site until the cha arrives.
- A mug of cha and twenty minutes was the whole break.
- She made cha the way the army had taught her: strong.
- The cha at the depot was famous and undrinkable.
- Two sugars in his cha, and no discussion about it.
- They stopped for cha somewhere outside Doncaster.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHA and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHA
The 3 tiles of CHA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CHA
Showing 24 of 1120 words that begin with CHA.
Words ending in CHA
Showing 24 of 48 words that end in CHA. Useful as a back hook: play CHA onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHA inside
Showing 24 of 1217 words that contain CHA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHA
Common questions about CHA
- Is CHA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHA worth?
- CHA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHA mean?
- Tea, as a drink.
- What letters can be added to CHA?
- CHA takes 12 hooks: 0 in front and 12 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CHA:
Open CHA in the Word Finder