CHLOROFORM is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CHLOROFORM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHLOROFORM?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHLOROFORM is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHLOROFORM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chloroformsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHLOROFORM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CHLOROFORM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHLOROFORM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHLOROFORM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A heavy, sweet-smelling colourless liquid once used as a general anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
Chloroform was introduced to surgery in the nineteenth century and was later replaced by safer drugs. In crime stories it is a cliche, since a cloth soaked in chloroform does not really knock anyone out in seconds.
How CHLOROFORM is used
Chloroform appears in chemistry and history texts, and also as a verb meaning to render someone unconscious with it.
- The surgeon dripped chloroform onto a pad of cloth.
- The laboratory used chloroform to dissolve the wax.
- Old detective novels love a handkerchief damp with chloroform.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHLOROFORM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHLOROFORM
7 longer words begin with CHLOROFORM.
Shorter words from the letters in CHLOROFORM
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Common questions about CHLOROFORM
- Is CHLOROFORM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHLOROFORM, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHLOROFORM worth?
- CHLOROFORM is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHLOROFORM mean?
- A heavy, sweet-smelling colourless liquid once used as a general anaesthetic and still used as a solvent.
- What letters can be added to CHLOROFORM?
- CHLOROFORM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CHLOROFORM:
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