CHITON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CHITON 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 CHITON?
| 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 CHITON is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHITON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chitonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHITON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHITON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does CHITON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A loose woollen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece, or a flat sea mollusc with a shell of overlapping plates.
The Greek garment was made of a rectangle of cloth pinned at the shoulders and belted at the waist, and its length showed the wearer's age or rank. Zoologists took the same word for a small sea animal that clings to rocks under a row of eight armoured plates. A chiton that is disturbed can roll up like a woodlouse.
How CHITON is used
Appears in writing about ancient Greece and in marine biology.
- She wore a pale chiton fastened at both shoulders.
- The statue shows a young man in a short chiton.
- We found a chiton clamped to the wet rock at low tide.
- The museum has a vase painted with a woman in a long chiton.
- A chiton moves so slowly that it seems not to move at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHITON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHITON
1 longer words begin with CHITON.
Shorter words from the letters in CHITON
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Common questions about CHITON
- Is CHITON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHITON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHITON worth?
- CHITON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHITON mean?
- A loose woollen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece, or a flat sea mollusc with a shell of overlapping plates.
- What letters can be added to CHITON?
- CHITON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHITON:
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