CHIP is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CHIP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIP?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIP is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chipsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does CHIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small piece broken off something.
Chip means a thick fried potato in Britain and a thin crisp one in America, which causes more confusion than any other food word in the language. The electronic sense dates from 1962.
How CHIP is used
Countable. Also a verb: chipped, chipping.
- A chip out of the rim and the whole cup is finished.
- A chip in Britain is not a chip in America.
- They chipped away at it for a fortnight.
- The electronic sense of chip dates from 1962.
- A chip on the shoulder is nineteenth-century American.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIP
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with CHIP.
Words ending in CHIP
5 words end in CHIP. Useful as a back hook: play CHIP onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHIP inside
22 words contain CHIP in the middle. Words that start with CHIP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIP
Common questions about CHIP
- Is CHIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIP, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIP worth?
- CHIP is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIP mean?
- A small piece broken off something.
- What letters can be added to CHIP?
- CHIP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHIP:
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