CHANCRE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHANCRE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHANCRE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHANCRE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHANCRE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chancresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHANCRE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHANCRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does CHANCRE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A painless, hard sore or ulcer, typically the first sign of syphilis.
A chancre appears at the place where an infection entered the body, often weeks after exposure. Doctors look for it when diagnosing early disease.
How CHANCRE is used
Chancre is a medical term for a specific type of sore.
- The doctor identified the sore as a chancre.
- A chancre usually heals without treatment, but the infection remains.
- Early testing detected the disease behind the chancre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHANCRE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHANCRE
The 7 tiles of CHANCRE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHANCRE
1 longer words begin with CHANCRE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHANCRE
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Common questions about CHANCRE
- Is CHANCRE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHANCRE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHANCRE worth?
- CHANCRE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHANCRE mean?
- A painless, hard sore or ulcer, typically the first sign of syphilis.
- What letters can be added to CHANCRE?
- CHANCRE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHANCRE:
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