CHAUTAUQUA is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. CHAUTAUQUA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHAUTAUQUA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAUTAUQUA is to know. It scores 24 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAUTAUQUA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chautauquasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAUTAUQUA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CHAUTAUQUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| u | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHAUTAUQUA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHAUTAUQUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanhistorical
An American gathering of lectures, music and entertainment for popular education, especially in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The first chautauqua began beside a lake in New York State and inspired many travelling imitations. Families pitched tents to hear speakers and singers during a summer chautauqua.
How CHAUTAUQUA is used
Chautauqua is a historical term, though some places still hold events under that name.
- The town built a large tent for the summer chautauqua.
- Her grandfather once heard a famous orator at a chautauqua.
- A chautauqua mixed sermons, concerts and science lectures.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAUTAUQUA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHAUTAUQUA
1 longer words begin with CHAUTAUQUA.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAUTAUQUA
Common questions about CHAUTAUQUA
- Is CHAUTAUQUA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAUTAUQUA, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAUTAUQUA worth?
- CHAUTAUQUA is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAUTAUQUA mean?
- An American gathering of lectures, music and entertainment for popular education, especially in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- What letters can be added to CHAUTAUQUA?
- CHAUTAUQUA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CHAUTAUQUA:
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