chip: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 11 letter points · starts with C · ends with P
Meaning of chip
noun
A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
Example: The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.
A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
Example: This cup has a chip in it.
A token used in place of cash.
A medallion.
Listed forms: chips.
Source: Wiktionary — chip.
verb
- transitive
To chop or cut into small pieces.
Example: The workers chipped the dead branches into mulch.
- transitive
To break small pieces from.
Example: Be careful not to chip the paint.
- intransitive
To become chipped.
Example: This varnish chips easily.
- dialectal, transitive
To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
Example: The fitter was chipping and filing a workpiece clamped in his vise.
Listed forms: chips, chipping, chipped.
Source: Wiktionary — chip.
verb
- UK, intransitive, slang
To leave.
Listed forms: chips, chipping, chipped.
Source: Wiktionary — chip.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for chip.
noun
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
noun
a piece of dried bovine dung
- cow chip
- cow dung
- buffalo chip
noun
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
- crisp
- potato chip
- Saratoga chip
noun
a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is chip in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of chip
C(3) + H(4) + I(1) + P(3) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of chip
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from chip
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in chip. Showing up to 24, longest first.