CHOTA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHOTA 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 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept CHOTA?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHOTA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHOTA
No single letter turns CHOTA into another word.
How CHOTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHOTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does CHOTA mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Indian English
Small or little, especially in phrases borrowed from Hindi such as chota peg for a small drink.
Chota is a Hindi loanword meaning small that entered Indian English through everyday speech and colonial-era usage. It survives mainly in set phrases like chota peg, a small measure of spirits, and chota hazri, a light early breakfast, though it can also describe anything of lesser size or lower rank.
How CHOTA is used
Indian English; used chiefly in fixed phrases and everyday speech rather than in formal writing.
- He ordered a chota peg before dinner.
- The chota version of the dish uses half the usual portion.
- In the old memoirs, officers took a chota hazri at dawn.
- She called the smaller cup the chota one to tell it apart.
- The word chota simply means small in everyday Hindi.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHOTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHOTA
The 5 tiles of CHOTA in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CHOTA
Common questions about CHOTA
- Is CHOTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHOTA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHOTA worth?
- CHOTA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHOTA mean?
- Small or little, especially in phrases borrowed from Hindi such as chota peg for a small drink.
- What letters can be added to CHOTA?
- No single letter can be added to CHOTA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHOTA:
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