CHIRU is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CHIRU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIRU?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIRU is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIRU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chirusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIRU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHIRU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about CHIRU
- The letters of CHIRU run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHIRU mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The Tibetan antelope, a wild goat-like animal of the high Tibetan Plateau prized for its fine underwool.
The chiru lives at extreme altitude on the Tibetan Plateau and grows an exceptionally fine undercoat that once supplied the illegal shahtoosh shawl trade, which drove the species toward extinction. Conservation efforts have since protected the chiru, and its population has partly recovered. The word comes from Tibetan and is used in English mainly in zoological and conservation writing.
How CHIRU is used
A specialist term, found chiefly in zoology, conservation and travel writing about the Tibetan Plateau.
- Herds of chiru migrate across the plateau each summer.
- The chiru is protected because of its fine wool.
- Poachers once hunted the chiru for the shahtoosh trade.
- A chiru calf can walk within hours of birth.
- Researchers tracked the chiru herd by satellite collar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIRU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIRU
7 longer words begin with CHIRU.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIRU
Common questions about CHIRU
- Is CHIRU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIRU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIRU worth?
- CHIRU is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIRU mean?
- The Tibetan antelope, a wild goat-like animal of the high Tibetan Plateau prized for its fine underwool.
- What letters can be added to CHIRU?
- CHIRU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHIRU:
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