CHLORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHLORAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHLORAL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHLORAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHLORAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chloralsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHLORAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHLORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does CHLORAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless, oily liquid with a sharp smell, made by treating alcohol with chlorine and used to make sedatives.
Chloral is best known through its compound chloral hydrate, a crystalline substance once widely used as a sleeping drug. The plain liquid is a chemical intermediate in industry. Victorian novels sometimes mention people who became dependent on it.
How CHLORAL is used
A chemistry and pharmacy term, often meaning chloral hydrate.
- Chloral is produced by chlorinating ethyl alcohol.
- The doctor prescribed chloral to help the patient sleep.
- Old medicine chests often held a bottle of chloral.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHLORAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHLORAL
6 longer words begin with CHLORAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CHLORAL
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Common questions about CHLORAL
- Is CHLORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHLORAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHLORAL worth?
- CHLORAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHLORAL mean?
- A colourless, oily liquid with a sharp smell, made by treating alcohol with chlorine and used to make sedatives.
- What letters can be added to CHLORAL?
- CHLORAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHLORAL:
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