CHI is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CHI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHI?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHI is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CHI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about CHI
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHI mean in Scrabble?
noun
The twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet, spelled with ch in English derivatives such as chi-squared.
Chi is the commoner English spelling of that letter, and it turns up far beyond Greek: in chi-squared, the statistical test, and in the abbreviation that begins the word Christmas. Neither of those has anything to do with the sound the letter actually makes.
How CHI is used
Countable: a chi, two chis. Also written khi.
- The chi-squared test is named after the letter chi.
- A chi in that formula stands for the unknown.
- The abbreviation for Christmas begins with a chi.
- Two chis in one equation need subscripts.
- He wrote a chi and the marker read it as an x.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHI
The 3 tiles of CHI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CHI
Showing 24 of 706 words that begin with CHI.
Words ending in CHI
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in CHI. Useful as a back hook: play CHI onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHI inside
Showing 24 of 2005 words that contain CHI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHI
Common questions about CHI
- Is CHI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHI worth?
- CHI is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHI mean?
- The twenty-second letter of the Greek alphabet, spelled with ch in English derivatives such as chi-squared.
- What letters can be added to CHI?
- CHI takes 11 hooks: 0 in front and 11 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CHI:
Open CHI in the Word Finder