CHIMB is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHIMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIMB?
| 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 CHIMB is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIMB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chimbsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIMB scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHIMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does CHIMB mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaictechnical
The projecting rim at the end of a wooden cask or barrel, formed where the staves extend beyond the head.
A chimb is the ridge running around the end of a barrel where the staves stick out past the flat head, giving the cask something to rest and roll on. Coopers shaped this rim carefully so that the barrel could be gripped, stacked and rolled without damaging the joints. The term belongs to traditional cask-making and is rarely used outside that trade.
How CHIMB is used
A specialist term from traditional coopering, seldom met outside descriptions of barrel construction.
- The cooper smoothed the chimb before fitting the final hoop.
- Rolling the barrel by its chimb kept the staves from splitting.
- A cracked chimb can let a whole cask of ale leak away.
- Old drawings of casks label the chimb at each end.
- He gripped the barrel by the chimb to tip it upright.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIMB
5 longer words begin with CHIMB.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIMB
Common questions about CHIMB
- Is CHIMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIMB, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIMB worth?
- CHIMB is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIMB mean?
- The projecting rim at the end of a wooden cask or barrel, formed where the staves extend beyond the head.
- What letters can be added to CHIMB?
- CHIMB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHIMB:
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