CHANTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHANTAGE 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 CHANTAGE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHANTAGE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHANTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chantagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHANTAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CHANTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHANTAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHANTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The extraction of money by threatening to reveal damaging secrets.
Chantage is a borrowed French word for blackmail, found mostly in older or literary prose. It stresses the threat of exposure rather than of violence. Few speakers use chantage in daily talk.
How CHANTAGE is used
Chantage is used in formal or literary English where blackmail would sound plainer.
- The minister was ruined by a campaign of chantage.
- He paid for years to escape the chantage of a former friend.
- The novel turns on a scheme of chantage in high society.
- Letters were the weapon in her chantage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHANTAGE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHANTAGE
1 longer words begin with CHANTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHANTAGE
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Common questions about CHANTAGE
- Is CHANTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHANTAGE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHANTAGE worth?
- CHANTAGE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHANTAGE mean?
- The extraction of money by threatening to reveal damaging secrets.
- What letters can be added to CHANTAGE?
- CHANTAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CHANTAGE:
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