CHICKEE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CHICKEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHICKEE?
| 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: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHICKEE is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHICKEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chickeesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHICKEE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHICKEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,474 thousand.
What does CHICKEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
An open-sided, palm-thatched shelter on stilts, of a kind built by the Seminole people.
A chickee has a raised floor and a steep roof but no walls, which keeps it cool in a humid climate. Similar roofed structures are now built for shade at beaches and parks.
How CHICKEE is used
Chickee is mostly used in Florida, in talk about Seminole building and shade huts.
- The family slept in a chickee beside the swamp.
- We ate lunch under a thatched chickee on the beach.
- Each chickee stood a little above the damp ground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHICKEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHICKEE
1 longer words begin with CHICKEE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHICKEE
Common questions about CHICKEE
- Is CHICKEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHICKEE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHICKEE worth?
- CHICKEE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHICKEE mean?
- An open-sided, palm-thatched shelter on stilts, of a kind built by the Seminole people.
- What letters can be added to CHICKEE?
- CHICKEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHICKEE:
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