CHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIC?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIC is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIC scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 217,846.
What does CHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Elegantly and fashionably stylish.
Chic came from French and kept its own pronunciation, which is why it rhymes with nothing else spelled that way in English. It works as noun and adjective without changing shape at all.
How CHIC is used
Before and after the noun. Also a noun.
- A chic little restaurant with eleven covers.
- The word chic kept its French pronunciation.
- Chic as a noun and chic as an adjective look identical.
- Nothing else spelled like chic sounds like it.
- Two chic hotels and neither of them comfortable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIC
Showing 24 of 70 words that begin with CHIC.
Words ending in CHIC
Showing 24 of 34 words that end in CHIC. Useful as a back hook: play CHIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHIC inside
Showing 24 of 67 words that contain CHIC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIC
Common questions about CHIC
- Is CHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIC worth?
- CHIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIC mean?
- Elegantly and fashionably stylish.
- What letters can be added to CHIC?
- CHIC takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHIC:
Open CHIC in the Word Finder