CHINABERRY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CHINABERRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINABERRY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINABERRY is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINABERRY
No single letter turns CHINABERRY into another word.
How CHINABERRY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CHINABERRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHINABERRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHINABERRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tree of the mahogany family with fragrant lilac flowers and small yellow berries, grown in warm regions.
The chinaberry is a common shade tree in the southern United States, though its berries are poisonous to people. Its hard seeds have been strung as beads, and the fruit has been used against insects.
How CHINABERRY is used
Gardening and botany, especially in the American South.
- A chinaberry shaded the old porch.
- Birds ate the yellow chinaberry fruit in winter.
- Children once made necklaces from chinaberry seeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINABERRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINABERRY
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Common questions about CHINABERRY
- Is CHINABERRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINABERRY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINABERRY worth?
- CHINABERRY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINABERRY mean?
- A tree of the mahogany family with fragrant lilac flowers and small yellow berries, grown in warm regions.
- What letters can be added to CHINABERRY?
- No single letter can be added to CHINABERRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CHINABERRY:
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