CHANCROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHANCROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHANCROUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHANCROUS is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHANCROUS
No single letter turns CHANCROUS into another word.
How CHANCROUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CHANCROUS, 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 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHANCROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHANCROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Having the nature of a chancre, a painful sore, or affected by one.
Chancrous is a medical term describing ulcers like those seen in syphilis. It is rare outside older medical texts and clinical writing.
How CHANCROUS is used
Used in medicine for sores that resemble a chancre.
- The doctor noted a chancrous ulcer on the skin.
- Old textbooks describe chancrous lesions in detail.
- A chancrous sore appeared at the site of infection.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHANCROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHANCROUS
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Common questions about CHANCROUS
- Is CHANCROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHANCROUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHANCROUS worth?
- CHANCROUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHANCROUS mean?
- Having the nature of a chancre, a painful sore, or affected by one.
- What letters can be added to CHANCROUS?
- No single letter can be added to CHANCROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CHANCROUS:
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