CHICA is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 12 points
Yes for Scrabble. CHICA is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept CHICA?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHICA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHICA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chicasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHICA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 464,738.
What does CHICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal word, borrowed from Spanish, for a girl or young woman, often used as a friendly form of address.
Chica keeps its Spanish pronunciation and meaning almost unchanged in English, appearing mostly in communities with strong Latin American or Spanish influence and in casual, friendly speech. Someone might call a female friend chica the way an English speaker says girl or love, without the word carrying any formal tone. The same word also names a Latin American dance once considered an ancestor of the fandango, and separately an orange-red dye once used by South American indigenous peoples, so context decides which sense applies. English borrowed the word directly rather than translating it, which is why chica sounds and looks exactly as it does in Spanish.
How CHICA is used
Informal and affectionate, heard mainly in Spanish-influenced English rather than formal writing.
- Hey chica, are you coming to the party tonight?
- The song calls out to every chica on the dance floor.
- Her friends have called her chica since school.
- He greeted the group with a cheerful hola chicas.
- The word chica crossed into English through popular music and film.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHICA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHICA
16 longer words begin with CHICA.
Words ending in CHICA
2 words end in CHICA. Useful as a back hook: play CHICA onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHICA inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain CHICA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHICA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHICA
Common questions about CHICA
- Is CHICA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHICA is not in it.
- How many points is CHICA worth?
- CHICA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHICA mean?
- An informal word, borrowed from Spanish, for a girl or young woman, often used as a friendly form of address.
- What letters can be added to CHICA?
- CHICA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHICA:
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