CHINE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CHINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHINE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHINE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHINE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does CHINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The backbone of an animal, or a cut of meat or fish that includes part of the backbone.
A butcher cutting a chine slices along or across the backbone, producing a joint such as a chine of beef or pork that includes the spine and the meat around it, a traditional centerpiece for a roast. In parts of southern England, especially the Isle of Wight and Dorset, chine names something completely different, a steep, narrow ravine cut through coastal cliffs by a stream running down to the sea, such as the well-known Shanklin Chine. Boatbuilders use a third, technical sense, the chine of a hull, the sharp or rounded line where the bottom of a boat meets its sides. As a verb, to chine an animal means to cut through its backbone when preparing it for cooking.
How CHINE is used
The meat sense is traditional in British butchery and cookery; the ravine sense is a regional geographic term confined mainly to the south coast of England.
- The butcher prepared a chine of pork for the roast.
- They followed the path down through the wooded chine to the beach.
- Boatbuilders reinforced the chine where the hull plates met.
- The cook seasoned the chine before it went into the oven.
- Visitors walked the length of the old chine to reach the shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHINE
The 5 tiles of CHINE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHINE
3 longer words begin with CHINE.
Words ending in CHINE
7 words end in CHINE. Useful as a back hook: play CHINE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHINE inside
Showing 24 of 91 words that contain CHINE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CHINE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHINE
Common questions about CHINE
- Is CHINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHINE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHINE worth?
- CHINE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHINE mean?
- The backbone of an animal, or a cut of meat or fish that includes part of the backbone.
- What letters can be added to CHINE?
- CHINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHINE:
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