SHCHI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. SHCHI 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 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept SHCHI?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHCHI is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHCHI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shchisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHCHI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHCHI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does SHCHI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional Russian soup made mainly from cabbage.
Shchi has been cooked in Russia for centuries and varies from household to household, sometimes made with fresh cabbage and sometimes with the sour, fermented kind. It is usually simmered with meat or mushrooms and served hot, often with a spoon of sour cream stirred in at the table. The soup is old enough that Russian keeps a saying about shchi and porridge being the whole of a meal.
How SHCHI is used
Used mainly when writing about Russian food; borrowed directly from Russian without an English translation.
- The cook ladled shchi from a pot that had simmered all afternoon.
- Sour cream is stirred into shchi just before it reaches the table.
- Her grandmother made shchi from cabbage that had been left to ferment.
- The menu listed shchi among the soups under a short note on its history.
- Shchi and dark bread were set out for the whole table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHCHI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHCHI
1 longer words begin with SHCHI.
Shorter words from the letters in SHCHI
Common questions about SHCHI
- Is SHCHI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHCHI, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHCHI worth?
- SHCHI is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHCHI mean?
- A traditional Russian soup made mainly from cabbage.
- What letters can be added to SHCHI?
- SHCHI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHCHI:
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