CHANA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CHANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHANA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHANA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chanasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHANA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does CHANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
Chickpeas, especially as prepared and eaten in Indian cooking.
Chana comes from Hindi and Urdu and covers chickpeas both as a raw ingredient and as a finished dish, so a curry made from chana or a bag of dried chana sold at a market both use the same word. Roasted and salted chana appears as a popular snack food, sold from street carts or packaged for sale, distinct from the soft cooked chana used in curries and stews. English borrowed chana along with the wider vocabulary of South Asian cooking, and the word now appears regularly on restaurant menus and in recipes written in English.
How CHANA is used
Common in Indian English and in English-language writing about South Asian food, especially on menus and in recipes.
- The curry combined chana with onions, tomatoes, and spices.
- Street vendors sold roasted chana in small paper cones.
- She soaked the dried chana overnight before cooking it.
- The recipe called for a cup of cooked chana.
- He ordered chana masala with rice at the restaurant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHANA
1 longer words begin with CHANA.
Words with CHANA inside
7 words contain CHANA in the middle. Words that start with CHANA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHANA
Common questions about CHANA
- Is CHANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHANA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHANA worth?
- CHANA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHANA mean?
- Chickpeas, especially as prepared and eaten in Indian cooking.
- What letters can be added to CHANA?
- CHANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHANA:
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