CHINCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CHINCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINCHY?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINCHY is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINCHY
No single letter turns CHINCHY into another word.
How CHINCHY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHINCHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 148,218 thousand.
What stands out about CHINCHY
- CHINCHY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHINCHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
regional
Stingy and unwilling to spend or share, especially in a petty way.
Chinchy is a regional word heard in parts of the American Midwest and South. It carries a sense of mean, small-minded saving, which makes it sharper than the neutral word thrifty.
How CHINCHY is used
Chinchy is used informally, chiefly in American regional speech.
- He was too chinchy to leave a tip.
- Her chinchy uncle never bought anyone a gift.
- Do not be so chinchy with the butter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINCHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINCHY
Common questions about CHINCHY
- Is CHINCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINCHY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINCHY worth?
- CHINCHY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINCHY mean?
- Stingy and unwilling to spend or share, especially in a petty way.
- What letters can be added to CHINCHY?
- No single letter can be added to CHINCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHINCHY:
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