CHIN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CHIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIN is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does CHIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The front part of the lower jaw.
Taking it on the chin is boxing and twentieth-century, while a chin-wag is British and Victorian. The word itself is Old English and has not changed in any way.
How CHIN is used
Countable: a chin, two chins.
- A chin like that runs in the family.
- The word chin is Old English and unchanged.
- Taking it on the chin comes from boxing.
- A chin-wag is British and Victorian.
- Two chins in profile and one of them the photograph's fault.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHIN
The 4 tiles of CHIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHIN
Showing 24 of 93 words that begin with CHIN.
Words ending in CHIN
14 words end in CHIN. Useful as a back hook: play CHIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHIN inside
Showing 24 of 675 words that contain CHIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIN
Common questions about CHIN
- Is CHIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIN worth?
- CHIN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIN mean?
- The front part of the lower jaw.
- What letters can be added to CHIN?
- CHIN takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHIN:
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