CHICLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CHICLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHICLE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHICLE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHICLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chiclesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHICLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHICLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does CHICLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The dried milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used as the original base of chewing gum.
The Maya and Aztecs chewed this sap long before Europeans arrived, and the word comes from the Nahuatl language. In the late nineteenth century it became the main ingredient of commercial chewing gum in the United States. Synthetic rubber later replaced it in most brands, though some makers still advertise gum made from natural chicle.
How CHICLE is used
Mainly used in discussions of food history, trade and chewing gum.
- Workers in the forest tapped the trees for chicle.
- Early chewing gum was made from boiled chicle.
- A block of chicle was shipped north from the coast.
- The company bought chicle from villagers in the jungle.
- He chewed a lump of chicle as the Maya once did.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHICLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHICLE
The 6 tiles of CHICLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHICLE
1 longer words begin with CHICLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHICLE
Common questions about CHICLE
- Is CHICLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHICLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHICLE worth?
- CHICLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHICLE mean?
- The dried milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used as the original base of chewing gum.
- What letters can be added to CHICLE?
- CHICLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHICLE:
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