CHIRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CHIRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIRAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIRAL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIRAL
Front hooks — 1
achiralBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CHIRAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHIRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does CHIRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a shape or molecule that cannot be laid exactly over its own mirror image.
Human hands are the classic picture of a chiral object: a left hand and a right hand mirror each other but never coincide. Chemists use chiral for molecules that exist in two mirror-image versions, and the two versions can act very differently in the body. The term comes from the Greek word for hand.
How CHIRAL is used
Technical; used in chemistry, physics and mathematics.
- A chiral molecule comes in a left-handed and a right-handed form.
- The drug is sold as a mixture because the compound is chiral.
- Her hand is a chiral object, since the mirror image is a different hand.
- Lecturers often explain chiral shapes with a pair of gloves.
- The chiral centre of the molecule is a carbon atom with four different groups.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIRAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHIRAL
The 6 tiles of CHIRAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHIRAL
2 longer words begin with CHIRAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIRAL
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Common questions about CHIRAL
- Is CHIRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIRAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIRAL worth?
- CHIRAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIRAL mean?
- Describing a shape or molecule that cannot be laid exactly over its own mirror image.
- What letters can be added to CHIRAL?
- CHIRAL takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHIRAL:
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