CHAWBACON is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. CHAWBACON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHAWBACON?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAWBACON is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAWBACON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chawbaconsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAWBACON scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CHAWBACON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHAWBACON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHAWBACON mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformalhumorous
An unsophisticated country person, seen as slow or simple by townsfolk.
The word chawbacon pictures a rustic chewing on a lump of bacon, and it is mildly mocking. Writers use chawbacon in comic or old-fashioned dialogue rather than in serious description.
How CHAWBACON is used
Dated, patronising slang, used humorously about someone seen as a country bumpkin.
- The city clerks laughed at the farmer, calling him a chawbacon.
- He did not mind being called a chawbacon by his cousins in town.
- In the novel, the chawbacon turns out to be cleverer than the visitors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAWBACON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHAWBACON
1 longer words begin with CHAWBACON.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAWBACON
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Common questions about CHAWBACON
- Is CHAWBACON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAWBACON, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAWBACON worth?
- CHAWBACON is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAWBACON mean?
- An unsophisticated country person, seen as slow or simple by townsfolk.
- What letters can be added to CHAWBACON?
- CHAWBACON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CHAWBACON:
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