CHATEAU is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHATEAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHATEAU?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHATEAU is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHATEAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHATEAU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHATEAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What stands out about CHATEAU
- CHATEAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHATEAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large French country house or castle, often one that gives its name to the wine made nearby.
In France a chateau can be anything from a fairy-tale castle on the Loire to a modest wine estate. Wine labels from Bordeaux carry the word, so many wine lovers meet it before they see a real one. The plural is chateaux in French, and English also accepts chateaus.
How CHATEAU is used
Used for French buildings and wine estates; the accent often appears as chateau in English.
- We toured a chateau in the Loire valley.
- The wine is bottled at the chateau itself.
- A moat once surrounded the chateau.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHATEAU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHATEAU
4 longer words begin with CHATEAU.
Shorter words from the letters in CHATEAU
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Common questions about CHATEAU
- Is CHATEAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHATEAU, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHATEAU worth?
- CHATEAU is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHATEAU mean?
- A large French country house or castle, often one that gives its name to the wine made nearby.
- What letters can be added to CHATEAU?
- CHATEAU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHATEAU:
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