CHARA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHARA 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CHARA?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHARA 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 CHARA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
charasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHARA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does CHARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of green freshwater algae, commonly called stonewort, with jointed stems and whorled branches.
Chara plants grow rooted in the mud of ponds and lakes, particularly in limestone areas, and their stems often feel gritty because they absorb lime from the water. Botanists group chara with the stoneworts, a family that sits between simple algae and true land plants in structure.
How CHARA is used
Technical botanical term, used mainly in scientific descriptions of freshwater plant life.
- Divers found beds of chara covering the lake floor.
- Chara stems felt rough because of the lime they had absorbed.
- The survey listed chara among the dominant plants in the shallows.
- Students examined chara under the microscope to study its whorled branches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHARA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHARA
The 5 tiles of CHARA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHARA
Showing 24 of 47 words that begin with CHARA.
Words with CHARA inside
20 words contain CHARA in the middle. Words that start with CHARA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHARA
Common questions about CHARA
- Is CHARA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHARA is not in it.
- How many points is CHARA worth?
- CHARA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHARA mean?
- A genus of green freshwater algae, commonly called stonewort, with jointed stems and whorled branches.
- What letters can be added to CHARA?
- CHARA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHARA:
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