CHILDE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHILDE 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 CHILDE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHILDE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHILDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHILDE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHILDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does CHILDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A young man of noble birth, especially one not yet knighted, used as a title in old ballads.
In medieval romance a childe was a youth of gentle family who had yet to win his spurs, and the word was placed before his name as a courtesy title. Later poets revived it for effect, the best-known case being the wandering hero of Byron's long poem about a pilgrimage. It has no connection with the ordinary word for a young person, apart from a shared root.
How CHILDE is used
Archaic; appears in ballads, romances and literary titles.
- The childe rode out alone to seek the dragon.
- Old ballads often call the hero a childe before he is knighted.
- The childe swore an oath on his father's sword.
- She read of a childe who crossed the moor at night.
- No one in the hall knew the childe by sight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHILDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHILDE
The 6 tiles of CHILDE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHILDE
5 longer words begin with CHILDE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHILDE
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Common questions about CHILDE
- Is CHILDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHILDE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHILDE worth?
- CHILDE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHILDE mean?
- A young man of noble birth, especially one not yet knighted, used as a title in old ballads.
- What letters can be added to CHILDE?
- CHILDE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHILDE:
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