CHOCO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHOCO 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CHOCO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHOCO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHOCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chocosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHOCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHOCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,344 thousand.
What does CHOCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalAustralianinformal
Australian slang from the Second World War for a militia soldier, seen by regulars as less experienced than front-line troops.
Choco began as a mocking nickname among Australian regular soldiers, who joked that a militiaman would melt like chocolate under the pressure of real combat, unlike the hardened forces sent overseas. The name stuck through campaigns such as the fighting in New Guinea, where militia units in fact endured conditions just as harsh as anyone else, which later gave the word an ironic edge. Choco is unrelated to the everyday clipping choc for chocolate itself, even though both trace back to the same source word. The term now belongs mainly to military history and to accounts of Australian service in the Second World War.
How CHOCO is used
Historical Australian military slang, encountered in war memoirs and history rather than current speech.
- Veterans still argue about how the choco units were treated.
- The history book described the choco battalions defending the track.
- He resented being called a choco by the regulars.
- Choco was meant as an insult that the militia later wore with pride.
- Few people under fifty even recognise the word choco today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHOCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHOCO
The 5 tiles of CHOCO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHOCO
10 longer words begin with CHOCO.
Words with CHOCO inside
2 words contain CHOCO in the middle. Words that start with CHOCO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHOCO
Common questions about CHOCO
- Is CHOCO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHOCO is not in it.
- How many points is CHOCO worth?
- CHOCO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHOCO mean?
- Australian slang from the Second World War for a militia soldier, seen by regulars as less experienced than front-line troops.
- What letters can be added to CHOCO?
- CHOCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHOCO:
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