Is CHECKERBOARD a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CHECKERBOARD is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 26 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CHECKERBOARD mean?
- noun
a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
26
Scrabble
28
Words With Friends
12
Letters
C (3) + H (4) + E (1) + C (3) + K (5) + E (1) + R (1) + B (3) + O (1) + A (1) + R (1) + D (2) = 26 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CHECKERBOARD
Single letters that turn CHECKERBOARD into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks1
Words you can make from CHECKERBOARD
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- backhoed20
- checked19
- chocked19
- caboched18
- cokehead18
- backhoe18
- checker18
- recheck18
- cockered17
- recocked17
- charked17
- berdache16
- breached16
- broached16
- bedrock16
- cockade16
- cracked16
- crocked16
- hoecake16
- choked16
- hacked16
- hocked16
- check16
- chock16
- breacher15
- broacher15
- brokered15
- debarker15
- recorked15
- reracked15
- beached15
- coached15
- cracker15
- backed15
- becked15
- bedeck15
- chebec15
- choker15
- cocked15
- hackee15
- hacker15
- hocker15
- rhebok15
- abhorred14
- harbored14
- hardcore14
- beraked14
- caroche14
- carroch14
- coacher14
- creaked14
- croaked14
- ecorche14
- bached14
- backer14
- cached14
- cocker14
- harked14
- horked14
- rebeck14
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