CHURLISH is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHURLISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHURLISH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHURLISH is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHURLISH
No single letter turns CHURLISH into another word.
How CHURLISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CHURLISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHURLISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHURLISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Rude and ill-tempered, lacking all politeness or generosity.
Churlish behaviour is more than bad manners: it shows a grudging, sour unwillingness to be kind. The word comes from the old churl, a peasant, though today it carries no class meaning at all.
How CHURLISH is used
Churlish is often used in the phrase it would be churlish to refuse, when declining seems ungracious.
- It would be churlish to complain about a free meal.
- His churlish reply ended the conversation.
- The innkeeper was a churlish man who never smiled.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHURLISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHURLISH
3 longer words begin with CHURLISH.
Shorter words from the letters in CHURLISH
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Common questions about CHURLISH
- Is CHURLISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHURLISH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHURLISH worth?
- CHURLISH is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHURLISH mean?
- Rude and ill-tempered, lacking all politeness or generosity.
- What letters can be added to CHURLISH?
- No single letter can be added to CHURLISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CHURLISH:
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