CHARQUI is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. CHARQUI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHARQUI?
| 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: 64 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHARQUI is to know. It scores 21 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHARQUI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHARQUI scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHARQUI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does CHARQUI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Beef cut into long strips and dried in the sun and wind, a South American form of jerky.
The English word jerky itself comes from charqui, which is a Quechua term. Dried this way, the meat keeps for months without cold storage.
How CHARQUI is used
Mostly used in historical or South American contexts.
- Gauchos carried charqui in their saddlebags.
- The traveller chewed a strip of charqui for lunch.
- Charqui was salted and hung to dry in the open air.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHARQUI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHARQUI
2 longer words begin with CHARQUI.
Shorter words from the letters in CHARQUI
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Common questions about CHARQUI
- Is CHARQUI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHARQUI, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHARQUI worth?
- CHARQUI is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHARQUI mean?
- Beef cut into long strips and dried in the sun and wind, a South American form of jerky.
- What letters can be added to CHARQUI?
- CHARQUI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHARQUI:
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