CHASTENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CHASTENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHASTENESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHASTENESS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHASTENESS
No single letter turns CHASTENESS into another word.
How CHASTENESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CHASTENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHASTENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHASTENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The quality of being pure, modest and free from excess ornament.
Chasteness can refer to sexual purity, or to a restrained, simple style in design and writing. Critics praise it when decoration is kept in check.
How CHASTENESS is used
Chasteness is a formal, rather old-fashioned word for purity or simplicity.
- The chasteness of the chapel's design was admired.
- Poets praised the chasteness of her manner.
- He valued chasteness in prose over fancy language.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHASTENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHASTENESS
1 longer words begin with CHASTENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in CHASTENESS
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Common questions about CHASTENESS
- Is CHASTENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHASTENESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHASTENESS worth?
- CHASTENESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHASTENESS mean?
- The quality of being pure, modest and free from excess ornament.
- What letters can be added to CHASTENESS?
- No single letter can be added to CHASTENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CHASTENESS:
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