CHEF is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHEF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHEF?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHEF is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHEF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chefsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHEF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHEF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does CHEF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A trained cook in charge of a restaurant kitchen.
Chef is French for a chief and is short for a longer phrase naming the head of the kitchen. English kept the first word and dropped the part that explained it, which is why a chef outranks a cook by definition.
How CHEF is used
Countable: a chef, two chefs.
- The chef runs the kitchen and rarely cooks a whole dish.
- The word chef is French for a chief.
- A chef and a cook differ by rank and not by skill.
- Two chefs in one kitchen is a management structure.
- English kept chef and dropped the words that explained it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHEF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHEF
10 longer words begin with CHEF.
Words ending in CHEF
1 words end in CHEF. Useful as a back hook: play CHEF onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHEF inside
3 words contain CHEF in the middle. Words that start with CHEF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHEF
Common questions about CHEF
- Is CHEF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHEF, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHEF worth?
- CHEF is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHEF mean?
- A trained cook in charge of a restaurant kitchen.
- What letters can be added to CHEF?
- CHEF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHEF:
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