CHARNEL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHARNEL 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 CHARNEL?
| 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 CHARNEL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHARNEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
charnelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHARNEL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHARNEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does CHARNEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A place, such as a vault or building, where dead bodies or bones are placed.
Charnel is best known today in the phrase charnel house, a gloomy storeroom for the bones of the dead. In writing it is also used as an adjective, hinting at death, decay and horror. Poets and novelists reach for it when they want a grim, graveyard mood.
How CHARNEL is used
Literary and gothic in tone; often seen in charnel house.
- The old charnel beneath the church was full of bones.
- A smell of charnel hung over the ruined battlefield.
- The poet describes a dark charnel of forgotten graves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHARNEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHARNEL
The 7 tiles of CHARNEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHARNEL
1 longer words begin with CHARNEL.
Shorter words from the letters in CHARNEL
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Common questions about CHARNEL
- Is CHARNEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHARNEL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHARNEL worth?
- CHARNEL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHARNEL mean?
- A place, such as a vault or building, where dead bodies or bones are placed.
- What letters can be added to CHARNEL?
- CHARNEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHARNEL:
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