CHARK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHARK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHARK?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHARK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHARK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHARK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHARK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does CHARK mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicdialect
To burn wood or other organic matter slowly so that it turns into charcoal.
To chark something is to burn it under controlled, smouldering conditions rather than letting it flame freely, so that it turns into charcoal instead of ash. The process removes moisture and volatile substances, leaving behind a black, carbon-rich residue that burns cleanly. In some British dialects, chark can name the finished charcoal itself, not merely the act of charring the wood.
How CHARK is used
Now largely replaced in general use by the plain verb char, though chark survives in older technical writing on charcoal-burning.
- Workers used to chark timber in earth-covered pits before the wood turned to charcoal.
- The kiln charks wood slowly over several days.
- Local charcoal-burners still chark oak in the traditional way.
- Green wood must be dried before it will chark properly.
- They charked the branches down to a fine black residue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHARK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHARK
7 longer words begin with CHARK.
Shorter words from the letters in CHARK
Common questions about CHARK
- Is CHARK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHARK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHARK worth?
- CHARK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHARK mean?
- To burn wood or other organic matter slowly so that it turns into charcoal.
- What letters can be added to CHARK?
- CHARK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHARK:
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