CHAD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CHAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHAD?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAD is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does CHAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
The small piece punched out of a card or tape.
Chad became famous in 2000, when a disputed American election turned on whether partly detached ones counted as votes. The word had existed in the punched-card trade for decades, and its origin is unknown.
How CHAD is used
Countable and uncountable.
- A hanging chad is one that did not detach cleanly.
- The word chad existed in the trade long before 2000.
- An election turned on whether a chad counted.
- Two chads from the same card and one still attached.
- The origin of chad is unknown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHAD
14 longer words begin with CHAD.
Words with CHAD inside
6 words contain CHAD in the middle. Words that start with CHAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAD
Common questions about CHAD
- Is CHAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAD worth?
- CHAD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAD mean?
- The small piece punched out of a card or tape.
- What letters can be added to CHAD?
- CHAD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHAD:
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