CHIT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CHIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIT?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIT is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CHIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about CHIT
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short written note, especially one recording a small debt or an order.
Chit came into English from Hindi through the army and the trading houses, and it kept the world it came from: a chit is what you sign at a club bar or hand to a storekeeper, and it works on trust rather than on money changing hands. A second and unrelated sense calls a young girl a chit, and it is never a compliment.
How CHIT is used
Countable: a chit, a pile of chits. Often in sign a chit or a chit for something.
- He signed a chit for the drinks and forgot about it.
- The storeman would not release anything without a chit.
- A month of chits arrived as one large bill.
- She wrote the order on a chit and pinned it up.
- Nobody carried cash; everything went on a chit.
- The chit was illegible and the total was not.
- He kept every chit in a tin and settled once a year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIT and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHIT
The 4 tiles of CHIT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CHIT
Showing 24 of 36 words that begin with CHIT.
Words with CHIT inside
Showing 24 of 62 words that contain CHIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIT
Common questions about CHIT
- Is CHIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIT worth?
- CHIT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIT mean?
- A short written note, especially one recording a small debt or an order.
- What letters can be added to CHIT?
- CHIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CHIT:
Open CHIT in the Word Finder