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What does chigoe mean? Is chigoe a Scrabble word?

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Is chigoe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chigoe is a Scrabble US word. The word chigoe is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3H4I1G2O1E1

Is chigoe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chigoe is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3H4I1G2O1E1

Is chigoe a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word chigoe is a Words With Friends word. The word chigoe is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4H3I1G3O1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

CHIGOE,

5-letter words (1 found)

COGIE,

4-letter words (3 found)

CHOG,ECHO,OCHE,

3-letter words (21 found)

CHE,CHI,CIG,COG,ECH,ECO,EGO,GEO,GHI,GIE,GIO,GOE,HIC,HIE,HOC,HOE,HOG,HOI,ICE,ICH,OCH,

2-letter words (11 found)

CH,EH,GI,GO,HE,HI,HO,IO,OE,OH,OI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 38 words from chigoe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chigoe

chigoe

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Cariban language term such as Kari'na siko (“chigoe”) (early recorded variant chico), from Proto-Cariban *tikô, or else a West African borrowing such as Wolof or Yoruba jiga (“insect”). The eighteenth century historian Charlevoix refers to them as chique in his 1730 history of Hispaniola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪ.ɡoʊ/

Noun

chigoe (plural chigoes)

  1. A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.

Synonyms

  • (Tunga penetrans): chegoe, chegre, chigger, chigre, chique, djigga, jigger, chigoe flea

Derived terms

  • chigoe flea

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