CHIMLA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CHIMLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIMLA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIMLA is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIMLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chimlasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIMLA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHIMLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does CHIMLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A dialect word for a chimney, the passage that carries smoke away from a fire.
In the speech of some regions a chimla stands where standard English has chimney, and by extension it can mean the fireplace beneath it. The word is a variant spelling rather than a different thing, and it lives mostly in older regional writing and word-game lists.
How CHIMLA is used
Dialect variant of chimney; rare outside regional writing and Scrabble dictionaries.
- Smoke curled out of the old chimla above the cottage.
- He swept the soot from the chimla every autumn.
- The poem mentions a chimla blackened by many winters.
- A bird had built its nest at the top of the chimla.
- Sit by the chimla and warm your hands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIMLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIMLA
1 longer words begin with CHIMLA.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIMLA
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Common questions about CHIMLA
- Is CHIMLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIMLA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIMLA worth?
- CHIMLA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIMLA mean?
- A dialect word for a chimney, the passage that carries smoke away from a fire.
- What letters can be added to CHIMLA?
- CHIMLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHIMLA:
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