CHANDELLE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CHANDELLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHANDELLE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHANDELLE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHANDELLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHANDELLE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CHANDELLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHANDELLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHANDELLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A steep climbing turn in an aircraft that gains height while reversing direction.
A chandelle is a standard manoeuvre in pilot training because it tests smooth control of speed and bank. It is flown almost to the edge of a stall, and the French word means candle, from the rising path of the plane.
How CHANDELLE is used
Used in flying instruction and aerobatics; as a verb it means to perform the manoeuvre.
- The instructor demonstrated a chandelle over the empty airfield.
- A badly flown chandelle can leave the plane close to a stall.
- Students must perform a clean chandelle before taking their licence test.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHANDELLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHANDELLE
2 longer words begin with CHANDELLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHANDELLE
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Common questions about CHANDELLE
- Is CHANDELLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHANDELLE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHANDELLE worth?
- CHANDELLE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHANDELLE mean?
- A steep climbing turn in an aircraft that gains height while reversing direction.
- What letters can be added to CHANDELLE?
- CHANDELLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CHANDELLE:
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