CHAT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CHAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHAT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAT is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does CHAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Informal conversation.
Chat is clipped from chatter, and both imitate the sound they name. The computing sense arrived in the 1970s and is now the commonest use of the word in writing.
How CHAT is used
Countable. Also a verb: chatted, chatting.
- A chat about nothing that lasted two hours.
- The word chat is clipped from chatter.
- They chatted until somebody remembered the time.
- The computing sense of chat is from the 1970s.
- Two chats in one day and no decision from either.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHAT
The 4 tiles of CHAT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHAT
Showing 24 of 56 words that begin with CHAT.
Words ending in CHAT
9 words end in CHAT. Useful as a back hook: play CHAT onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHAT inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain CHAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAT
Common questions about CHAT
- Is CHAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAT worth?
- CHAT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAT mean?
- Informal conversation.
- What letters can be added to CHAT?
- CHAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHAT:
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