CHICORY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CHICORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHICORY?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHICORY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHICORY
No single letter turns CHICORY into another word.
How CHICORY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHICORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does CHICORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A blue-flowered plant whose leaves are eaten in salads and whose roasted root is used as a coffee substitute or additive.
Chicory grows wild along roadsides, where its pale blue flowers open in the morning. The cultivated forms give bitter salad leaves, while the dried root adds a dark, earthy note to blended coffee. Cooks in several countries prize its sharp taste.
How CHICORY is used
Found in cookery and gardening, usually naming either the salad leaves or the ground chicory root.
- The salad was made with chicory and orange slices.
- Some blends of coffee contain roasted chicory.
- Blue chicory flowers lined the edge of the field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHICORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHICORY
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Common questions about CHICORY
- Is CHICORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHICORY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHICORY worth?
- CHICORY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHICORY mean?
- A blue-flowered plant whose leaves are eaten in salads and whose roasted root is used as a coffee substitute or additive.
- What letters can be added to CHICORY?
- No single letter can be added to CHICORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHICORY:
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