CHICK is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHICK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHICK?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHICK is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHICK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHICK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHICK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,183 thousand.
What does CHICK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young bird, especially a baby chicken, newly hatched from an egg.
A chick is covered in soft down rather than feathers and depends on its mother for warmth and food until it grows larger. This is true whether it is a barnyard chick or the chick of a wild bird.
How CHICK is used
Also used informally, especially in North American slang, for a young woman; this sense is casual and can read as disrespectful in formal writing.
- The hen kept a close watch over her chick.
- A fluffy yellow chick pecked at the seed on the ground.
- The farmer counted twelve new chicks in the incubator.
- A robin chick opened its beak wide for food.
- The chick huddled under its mother's wing for warmth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHICK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHICK
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with CHICK.
Words ending in CHICK
6 words end in CHICK. Useful as a back hook: play CHICK onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHICK inside
8 words contain CHICK in the middle. Words that start with CHICK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHICK
Common questions about CHICK
- Is CHICK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHICK, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHICK worth?
- CHICK is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHICK mean?
- A young bird, especially a baby chicken, newly hatched from an egg.
- What letters can be added to CHICK?
- CHICK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHICK:
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