CHIQUICHIQUI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 40 points

It depends on the list you play by. CHIQUICHIQUI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 40 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept CHIQUICHIQUI?

Word power: 44 / 100

Our own measure of how useful CHIQUICHIQUI is to know. It scores 40 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for CHIQUICHIQUI

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How CHIQUICHIQUI scores

Face value of the 12 tiles in CHIQUICHIQUI, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. CHIQUICHIQUI needs 1 blank tile.

What stands out about CHIQUICHIQUI

• The letter I appears four times in CHIQUICHIQUI.
• Two Qs in one word: CHIQUICHIQUI doubles the highest-value tile in the bag.
• At 40 points, CHIQUICHIQUI is among the ten highest-scoring 12-letter words we list.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with CHIQUICHIQUI

1 longer words begin with CHIQUICHIQUI.

Shorter words from the letters in CHIQUICHIQUI

Common questions about CHIQUICHIQUI

Is CHIQUICHIQUI valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHIQUICHIQUI is not in it.

How many points is CHIQUICHIQUI worth?

CHIQUICHIQUI is worth 40 points in Scrabble and 42 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to CHIQUICHIQUI?

CHIQUICHIQUI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.