CHINK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHINK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINK?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINK is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHINK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What does CHINK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A narrow crack, gap, or opening, especially one that lets light or air through.
Chink traces back to Middle English, where it first named the thin, ringing sound of coins or metal striking together, before it broadened to describe a slender gap in a wall, fence or curtain. Builders and old-house owners still reach for chink when describing a draughty seam between boards or stones rather than a proper hole. The idiom a chink in someone's armour comes from exactly this sense: not a wound, but a small weak point an opponent can exploit.
How CHINK is used
Refers only to a narrow opening or a light ringing sound, and figuratively to a small weakness in an argument or defence.
- Sunlight crept through a chink in the curtains.
- He could hear voices through a chink in the wall.
- The coins made a faint chink as they fell into the jar.
- A chink in the old fence let the wind whistle through.
- The lawyer found a chink in the witness's story.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHINK
12 longer words begin with CHINK.
Words with CHINK inside
2 words contain CHINK in the middle. Words that start with CHINK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINK
Common questions about CHINK
- Is CHINK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINK worth?
- CHINK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINK mean?
- A narrow crack, gap, or opening, especially one that lets light or air through.
- What letters can be added to CHINK?
- CHINK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHINK:
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