CHAS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHAS 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 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CHAS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAS is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CHAS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does CHAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritishslang
An informal short form of cha, meaning tea.
Chas is simply cha, the colloquial British word for tea borrowed from Chinese, adapted with an extra letter that word-game dictionaries accept as a variant. Chas and cha both stay close to their roots in the Cantonese word for the drink, one of the oldest loanwords for tea in English.
How CHAS is used
Informal British slang; standard English uses tea.
- Fancy a cup of chas before we go?
- He put the kettle on for a spot of chas.
- She always finishes her shift with a mug of chas.
- The stall sold nothing but chas and biscuits.
- Builders stopped for their morning chas at ten.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHAS
The 4 tiles of CHAS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHAS
Showing 24 of 60 words that begin with CHAS.
Words ending in CHAS
Showing 24 of 35 words that end in CHAS. Useful as a back hook: play CHAS onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHAS inside
Showing 24 of 77 words that contain CHAS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHAS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAS
Common questions about CHAS
- Is CHAS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHAS is not in it.
- How many points is CHAS worth?
- CHAS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAS mean?
- An informal short form of cha, meaning tea.
- What letters can be added to CHAS?
- CHAS takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHAS:
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