CHIGOE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHIGOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIGOE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIGOE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIGOE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chigoesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIGOE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHIGOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does CHIGOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tiny tropical flea whose fertilised female burrows into the skin of people and animals.
The chigoe is native to tropical America and was carried to Africa and Asia, where it became a pest of barefoot walkers. The female lodges under the skin, usually of the feet, and swells as her eggs develop, causing an ulcer that can turn septic. The creature is easily confused with the chigger, which is a mite and does not burrow.
How CHIGOE is used
Mostly met in older travel writing and in medical or natural-history texts about tropical regions.
- A chigoe had settled under his toenail during the march.
- The doctor removed the chigoe with a sterilised needle.
- Sandals protect travellers from the chigoe on dry, sandy paths.
- Pigs in the village were often infested with the chigoe.
- Every account of the voyage complains about the chigoe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIGOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIGOE
1 longer words begin with CHIGOE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIGOE
Common questions about CHIGOE
- Is CHIGOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIGOE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIGOE worth?
- CHIGOE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIGOE mean?
- A tiny tropical flea whose fertilised female burrows into the skin of people and animals.
- What letters can be added to CHIGOE?
- CHIGOE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHIGOE:
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