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Chinooks

c 3h 4i 1n 1o 1o 1k 5s 1

About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Uncommon · plural of chinook

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does chinooks mean?

noun

  1. a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies

    Synonymschinook windsnow eater

  2. a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes

  3. pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon

    Synonymschinook salmonking salmon

  4. a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

    Synonymschinookan

  5. large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning

    Synonymschinook salmonking salmonquinnat salmononcorhynchus tshawytscha

Definitions shown for chinook, the base form of chinooks.

Is CHINOOKS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is CHINOOKS worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
c 3h 4i 1n 1o 1o 1k 5s 1

Words With Friends

18 pts
c 4h 3i 1n 2o 1o 1k 5s 1

Wordfeud

18 pts
c 4h 4i 1n 1o 1o 1k 5s 1

NYT Crossplay

17 pts
c 3h 3i 1n 1o 1o 1k 6s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CHINOOKS

Words that end like CHINOOKS

Common words that share the ending -OOKS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -OOKS

Chinooks: quick answers

Is CHINOOKS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. CHINOOKS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 17 points before board bonuses.
How many points is CHINOOKS worth?
CHINOOKS scores 17 points in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends, 18 in Wordfeud and 17 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does chinooks mean?
chinooks is the plural of chinook, which means “a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CHINOOKS?
You can make 171 shorter words from CHINOOKS, such as CHINOOK, SCHNOOK, CHINKS, CHOKOS. See the full list.