CHESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CHESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHESS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHESS
No single letter turns CHESS into another word.
How CHESS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does CHESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A board game for two players in which each side moves sixteen pieces of different kinds according to fixed rules, aiming to checkmate the opponent's king.
Chess is played on a chequered board of sixty-four squares, and each player controls a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, every piece moving in its own distinct pattern. The object of chess is to trap the opposing king under attack with no way to escape, though many games end instead in resignation or a drawn position. Centuries of study have turned chess into both a competitive sport with international rankings and a rich subject for computer science, since building a machine to play chess well pushed early advances in artificial intelligence. The word chess also, confusingly, names an unrelated weed found in wheat fields, a coincidence of English vocabulary rather than any real connection to the game.
How CHESS is used
A common everyday word for the well-known board game, played casually and competitively worldwide.
- They played chess every evening after dinner.
- The chess club meets on Thursdays at the library.
- She learned chess from her grandfather as a child.
- The champion studied chess openings for hours each day.
- A worn chess set sat on the cafe table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHESS
The 5 tiles of CHESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHESS
15 longer words begin with CHESS.
Words ending in CHESS
2 words end in CHESS. Useful as a back hook: play CHESS onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHESS inside
7 words contain CHESS in the middle. Words that start with CHESS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHESS
Common questions about CHESS
- Is CHESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHESS worth?
- CHESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHESS mean?
- A board game for two players in which each side moves sixteen pieces of different kinds according to fixed rules, aiming to checkmate the opponent's king.
- What letters can be added to CHESS?
- No single letter can be added to CHESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHESS:
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