chag

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 10
Words With Friends: 11
Letters: 4

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃæɡ/

Definition of chag

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(Northern-England)A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.

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noun

(Northern-England)A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.
A Jewish festival or holiday, specifically, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret

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Etymology

From Middle English *chagge, from Old English ċeacga, ċeagga (“broom (plant), furze, or gorse”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kagō (“brushwood, bush”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush”). Cognate with Bavarian Kag (“the stalk or stem of a cabbage”), dialectal Swedish kage (“treestump”), Norwegian Nynorsk kage, kagge (“low lying bush, small tree”). Doublet of cag and keg.