Unscramble CHIKS and you have 29 words, CHIKS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. CHIKS has 1 anagram here, HICKS, scoring 14 like CHIKS itself. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CHIKS by length: 2 with 5 letters, 9 with 4, 12 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Trade one tile of CHIKS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with CH · ending in KS · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HICKS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CHIKS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIKS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 29) | 22 | 29 | 19 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 7 of them: CHIKS, CHIK, KISH, SICH, CH, SIK and ISH. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: ICKS, KIS and KI.
Each word below uses all the letters of CHIKS and one more.