char
VERBNOUN
/tʃɑr/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH C
char is a valid 4-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3H4A1R1
3 + 4 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING
What does char mean?
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.
“The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
Burn to charcoal.
“Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A human female employed to do housework.
“the char will clean the carpet”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
3
A charred substance.
BROADER
NARROWER
AT THE BOARD
Anagrams of char
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