CHING is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CHING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHING?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHING is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHING
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHING scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does CHING mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An abrupt, high-pitched ringing sound, such as the chime made by a cash register or a small bell.
Ching imitates a short, bright, metallic note rather than a deep or sustained one, the kind of noise linked with a shop till springing open or a delicate handbell being struck. Writers reach for ching mostly for effect, dropping it into a sentence to stand in for the noise itself instead of describing it at length. Because a shop till clicking shut is closely tied to money changing hands, ching sometimes turns up in informal writing simply to hint at payment or a completed purchase. The word stays close to its imitative roots, always representing that same bright, brief metallic note.
How CHING is used
Informal and mainly imitative, used to represent a bright ringing sound rather than as a formal descriptive term.
- The till gave a cheerful ching as the drawer opened.
- A faint ching came from the bicycle bell down the street.
- Every sale ended with the same satisfying ching of the register.
- She imagined the ching of coins falling into the jar.
- The small bell let out a single bright ching when tapped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHING
The 5 tiles of CHING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHING
1 longer words begin with CHING.
Words ending in CHING
Showing 24 of 364 words that end in CHING. Useful as a back hook: play CHING onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHING inside
Showing 24 of 104 words that contain CHING somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHING
Common questions about CHING
- Is CHING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHING, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHING worth?
- CHING is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHING mean?
- An abrupt, high-pitched ringing sound, such as the chime made by a cash register or a small bell.
- What letters can be added to CHING?
- CHING takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHING:
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