CHYND is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. CHYND 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CHYND?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHYND is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHYND
No single letter turns CHYND into another word.
How CHYND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHYND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does CHYND mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Cut crosswise into pieces along the backbone, as a fish or animal carcass.
Chynd describes meat or fish that has been cut across into sections through the backbone, the same operation named by the more familiar word chine. The term appears mainly in older recipes and butchery instructions, where cutting a fish or carcass this way made it easier to cook or preserve in portions. It survives today chiefly as a curiosity in historical texts rather than in any everyday kitchen use.
How CHYND is used
Found almost exclusively in old cookery and household texts describing how meat or fish was cut.
- The old recipe calls for a pike, chynd and salted for the winter.
- Servants brought in a chynd salmon dressed with spices.
- The household book lists a chynd eel among the Friday dishes.
- A chynd carcass was easier to pack into barrels.
- The manuscript describes the fish as chynd before boiling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHYND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHYND
Common questions about CHYND
- Is CHYND valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CHYND is not in it.
- How many points is CHYND worth?
- CHYND is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHYND mean?
- Cut crosswise into pieces along the backbone, as a fish or animal carcass.
- What letters can be added to CHYND?
- No single letter can be added to CHYND to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHYND:
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