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Is chou a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chou is a Scrabble US word. The word chou is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

C3H4O1U1

Is chou a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chou is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3H4O1U1

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4-letter words (2 found)

CHOU,OUCH,

3-letter words (2 found)

HOC,OCH,

2-letter words (5 found)

CH,HO,OH,OU,UH,

You can make 9 words from chou according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of chou

chou hcou cohu ochu hocu ohcu chuo hcuo cuho ucho huco uhco couh ocuh cuoh ucoh ouch uoch houc ohuc huoc uhoc ouhc uohc

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Definitions and meaning of chou

chou

Etymology

From French chou (“cabbage”); compare French pâte à choux (“choux pastry”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sho͞o, IPA(key): /ʃuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: shoe, shoo, shew, SHU

Noun

chou (plural chous or choux)

  1. (baking) Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
  2. (fashion) A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's clothing.

Anagrams

  • Chūō, ouch

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chous, from Latin caulis, itself akin to or derived from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃu/
  • Homophone: choux
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

chou m (plural choux)

  1. cabbage

Noun

chou m (plural choux, feminine choute)

  1. baby, darling, sweetheart (term of endearment)

Adjective

chou (feminine choute, masculine plural choux, feminine plural choutes)

  1. cute, endearing

Usage notes

Only seven words in French ending in -ou have their plurals in -oux instead of -ous: bijou, caillou, chou, genou, hibou, joujou, pou.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “chou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Japanese

Romanization

chou

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちょう
  2. Rōmaji transcription of チョウ

Mandarin

Romanization

chou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of chōu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of chóu.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of chǒu.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of chòu.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Portuguese

Noun

chou m (plural chous)

  1. Rare spelling of show.

Adjective

chou (invariable)

  1. Rare spelling of show.

Source: wiktionary.org