CHINTZY is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. CHINTZY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINTZY?
| 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: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINTZY is to know. It scores 24 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINTZY
No single letter turns CHINTZY into another word.
How CHINTZY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHINTZY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,176 thousand.
What stands out about CHINTZY
- CHINTZY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
- CHINTZY scores 24 points, more than twice the average for a 7-letter word (11.8).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHINTZY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Cheap, gaudy and poorly made, or stingy.
Chintzy grew out of chintz, a bright printed cotton, and came to mean showy but flimsy goods. It can also describe a mean person who gives too little.
How CHINTZY is used
Chintzy can describe goods, decorations or a person who is stingy.
- The hotel room was full of chintzy gold trim.
- It felt chintzy to offer such a small tip.
- The toy broke because it was chintzy plastic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINTZY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINTZY
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Common questions about CHINTZY
- Is CHINTZY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINTZY, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINTZY worth?
- CHINTZY is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINTZY mean?
- Cheap, gaudy and poorly made, or stingy.
- What letters can be added to CHINTZY?
- No single letter can be added to CHINTZY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHINTZY:
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