CHAP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CHAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHAP?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAP is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does CHAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A man or a boy.
Chap is clipped from chapman, an old word for a pedlar, so it began as a term for a trader before it meant any man at all. The verb about skin cracking in the cold is a separate word entirely.
How CHAP is used
Countable. Also a verb in an unrelated sense.
- A decent chap who has never been on time.
- The word chap is clipped from chapman.
- Cold weather chapped his hands within a week.
- A chapman was a pedlar and gave English chap.
- Two chaps in a van and no idea of the address.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHAP
The 4 tiles of CHAP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHAP
Showing 24 of 96 words that begin with CHAP.
Words with CHAP inside
18 words contain CHAP in the middle. Words that start with CHAP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAP
Common questions about CHAP
- Is CHAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAP worth?
- CHAP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAP mean?
- A man or a boy.
- What letters can be added to CHAP?
- CHAP takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHAP:
Open CHAP in the Word Finder