CHARQUID is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. CHARQUID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHARQUID?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHARQUID is to know. It scores 23 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHARQUID
No single letter turns CHARQUID into another word.
How CHARQUID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CHARQUID, 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 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHARQUID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CHARQUID
- All 8 letters of CHARQUID are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHARQUID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Made into charqui, meaning dried and cured in strips like jerky.
Charquid describes meat that has been cut thin and dried in the sun, a method long used in South America. The word is rare, and most English speakers would say jerked instead.
How CHARQUID is used
Charquid is an uncommon term for meat preserved as charqui.
- The travellers carried charquid beef across the plains.
- Charquid strips hung drying in the sun.
- They traded charquid meat for flour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHARQUID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHARQUID
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Common questions about CHARQUID
- Is CHARQUID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHARQUID, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHARQUID worth?
- CHARQUID is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHARQUID mean?
- Made into charqui, meaning dried and cured in strips like jerky.
- What letters can be added to CHARQUID?
- No single letter can be added to CHARQUID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CHARQUID:
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