CHAV is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHAV 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept CHAV?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAV is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAV
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAV scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHAV, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does CHAV mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensiveBritish
A disparaging term for a young working-class person, aimed at dress, speech and background.
Chav reached the British press around 2004 and spread quickly because it put a name to a stereotype that was already in circulation: sportswear, jewellery, a particular accent, a particular estate. Comedians and sociologists took opposite views of it within the same decade, and the objection that stuck is that chav attacks poverty itself rather than any behaviour — which is why several newspapers have since dropped it.
How CHAV is used
Countable and always disparaging: a chav, two chavs. Described here, not recommended.
- The word chav entered general dictionaries in 2004 and the arguments began at once.
- Several newspapers have stopped printing chav in their own voice.
- A campaign group described chav as class contempt with a short name.
- The comedian dropped chav from the act after the criticism.
- Sociologists write about chav as an insult aimed at poverty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAV and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHAV
11 longer words begin with CHAV.
Words ending in CHAV
1 words end in CHAV. Useful as a back hook: play CHAV onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHAV inside
1 words contain CHAV in the middle. Words that start with CHAV are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAV
Common questions about CHAV
- Is CHAV valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAV, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAV worth?
- CHAV is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAV mean?
- A disparaging term for a young working-class person, aimed at dress, speech and background.
- What letters can be added to CHAV?
- CHAV takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHAV:
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