CHELP is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHELP 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CHELP?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHELP is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHELP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chelpsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHELP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHELP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does CHELP mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialectBritish
To chatter cheekily or answer back, especially as a child speaking out of turn.
Chelp belongs to Northern English dialect, particularly around Yorkshire, where an adult might tell a chelping child to be quiet. The word carries a note of cheek or impertinence that plain chattering lacks, so a parent scolds a child for chelping rather than simply for talking. It can describe one sharp retort or a steady stream of back-chat, and it applies to adults too when someone is being needlessly mouthy. Chelp is closely related to older words for chirping or twittering, since a chattering bird and a chattering child share the same imitative root.
How CHELP is used
A regional, informal verb heard mainly in Northern English speech rather than in writing.
- Stop your chelp and get on with your homework.
- The boy chelped back at his teacher and was sent out of class.
- She has a habit of chelping whenever she disagrees.
- Nobody chelps at their grandmother in that house.
- His constant chelping annoyed the whole bus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHELP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHELP
3 longer words begin with CHELP.
Shorter words from the letters in CHELP
Common questions about CHELP
- Is CHELP valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHELP is not in it.
- How many points is CHELP worth?
- CHELP is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHELP mean?
- To chatter cheekily or answer back, especially as a child speaking out of turn.
- What letters can be added to CHELP?
- CHELP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHELP:
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