CHALONE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHALONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHALONE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHALONE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHALONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chalonesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHALONE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHALONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does CHALONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A substance made in the body that acts like a hormone but slows or stops a process such as cell growth.
Chalones were proposed as natural brakes on tissue growth, working in the opposite direction to growth stimulators. A given chalone is thought to act on its own tissue type only. The idea has mattered in research on how the body keeps organs the right size.
How CHALONE is used
A technical word from physiology and cell biology.
- Researchers looked for a chalone that limits skin cell division.
- A chalone is released by mature cells to signal that growth should stop.
- Early papers on the chalone attracted much interest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHALONE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHALONE
1 longer words begin with CHALONE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHALONE
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Common questions about CHALONE
- Is CHALONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHALONE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHALONE worth?
- CHALONE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHALONE mean?
- A substance made in the body that acts like a hormone but slows or stops a process such as cell growth.
- What letters can be added to CHALONE?
- CHALONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHALONE:
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