CHICH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHICH 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 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CHICH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHICH is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHICH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CHICH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHICH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,365 thousand.
What does CHICH mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The chickpea, an edible round seed grown as a food crop.
Chich is an old and now rare English name for the chickpea, the pale round legume used in dishes such as hummus and falafel. The word entered English from older French and Latin names for the plant, long before chickpea became the everyday term. Today chich survives mainly in dictionaries and word games rather than in the kitchen or the market.
How CHICH is used
Rare and largely historical; modern speakers say chickpea instead.
- The recipe called for a cup of dried chich soaked overnight.
- Farmers once sold chich alongside lentils at the market.
- The old cookbook lists chich as an ingredient in a thick soup.
- Chich was ground into flour in some Mediterranean kitchens.
- She found the word chich in an antique dictionary of foods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHICH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHICH
7 longer words begin with CHICH.
Shorter words from the letters in CHICH
Common questions about CHICH
- Is CHICH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHICH is not in it.
- How many points is CHICH worth?
- CHICH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHICH mean?
- The chickpea, an edible round seed grown as a food crop.
- What letters can be added to CHICH?
- CHICH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHICH:
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