CHICANE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHICANE 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 CHICANE?
| 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: 62 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHICANE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHICANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHICANE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHICANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,372 thousand.
What does CHICANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A chicane is a tight S-shaped bend built into a road or racing circuit to slow vehicles down.
Engineers add a chicane to make drivers brake without closing the road. In older and legal writing the same word means trickery used to win an argument, which is why it sometimes sounds sly.
How CHICANE is used
Chicane appears in motor racing, traffic design and, more rarely, in talk of clever deceit.
- The driver braked hard before the chicane.
- A chicane was added to the village road to calm traffic.
- He lost time cutting the final chicane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHICANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHICANE
6 longer words begin with CHICANE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHICANE
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Common questions about CHICANE
- Is CHICANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHICANE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHICANE worth?
- CHICANE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHICANE mean?
- A chicane is a tight S-shaped bend built into a road or racing circuit to slow vehicles down.
- What letters can be added to CHICANE?
- CHICANE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHICANE:
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