CHAMISE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHAMISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHAMISE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAMISE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAMISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chamisesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAMISE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHAMISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does CHAMISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen shrub of California with narrow leaves and small white flowers, common in dry chaparral.
Chamise grows in dense thickets on hot, dry slopes and burns readily in wildfires, then sprouts again from its roots. It is among the commonest plants of the chaparral.
How CHAMISE is used
Chamise is a plant name used in Californian ecology.
- The hills were covered with chamise after the rains.
- Chamise burns fast in a summer wildfire.
- Hikers pushed through thick chamise on the ridge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAMISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHAMISE
1 longer words begin with CHAMISE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAMISE
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Common questions about CHAMISE
- Is CHAMISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAMISE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAMISE worth?
- CHAMISE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAMISE mean?
- An evergreen shrub of California with narrow leaves and small white flowers, common in dry chaparral.
- What letters can be added to CHAMISE?
- CHAMISE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHAMISE:
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