CHARLIE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHARLIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHARLIE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHARLIE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHARLIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHARLIE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHARLIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does CHARLIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
A foolish person, especially in the phrase a proper charlie; it is also the radio code word for the letter C.
Used as an insult, charlie is mild and teasing rather than harsh, and it is heard mainly in Britain. Pilots and soldiers know it from the phonetic alphabet, where it makes the letter C unmistakable over a noisy line. It is also a common given name, which is why context matters.
How CHARLIE is used
The informal British sense of a fool is dated; the spelling code word is capitalised.
- I felt a right charlie when I realised I had locked myself out.
- Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, the operator read out the letters.
- Don't be such a charlie, it was an honest mistake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHARLIE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHARLIE
2 longer words begin with CHARLIE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHARLIE
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Common questions about CHARLIE
- Is CHARLIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHARLIE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHARLIE worth?
- CHARLIE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHARLIE mean?
- A foolish person, especially in the phrase a proper charlie; it is also the radio code word for the letter C.
- What letters can be added to CHARLIE?
- CHARLIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHARLIE:
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