CHINOOK is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHINOOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINOOK?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINOOK is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINOOK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chinooksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHINOOK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHINOOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,647 thousand.
What does CHINOOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, or a type of salmon.
The chinook can raise winter temperatures dramatically within hours, melting snow so fast that it is nicknamed the snow eater. The name also belongs to a large Pacific salmon, and to an American Indian people of the Columbia River region.
How CHINOOK is used
In Canadian and American writing, chinook usually means the wind or the fish, depending on context.
- A chinook swept across Calgary and melted the snow in a day.
- The angler landed a heavy chinook in the river.
- The chinook arrived overnight, and the streets turned to slush.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINOOK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHINOOK
1 longer words begin with CHINOOK.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINOOK
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Common questions about CHINOOK
- Is CHINOOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINOOK, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINOOK worth?
- CHINOOK is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINOOK mean?
- A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, or a type of salmon.
- What letters can be added to CHINOOK?
- CHINOOK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHINOOK:
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