CHORIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CHORIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHORIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHORIC is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHORIC
No single letter turns CHORIC into another word.
How CHORIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHORIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What stands out about CHORIC
- CHORIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHORIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Belonging to a chorus, especially the singing and speaking group of an ancient Greek play.
In Greek tragedy the chorus commented on the action between scenes, and choric passages are those that this group delivered. Critics extend the word to any writing or music that speaks with a shared voice, such as a choric refrain repeated by a whole crowd. It is a learned word, seen far more in essays about drama than in everyday talk.
How CHORIC is used
Literary and critical; used in discussions of drama, poetry and choral music.
- The play opens with a choric song about the coming storm.
- Critics praised the choric passages for their rhythm.
- A choric response rose from the audience at the final line.
- He wrote a choric poem for six voices.
- The choric role in the old tragedy was to comment on the plot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHORIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHORIC
Common questions about CHORIC
- Is CHORIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHORIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHORIC worth?
- CHORIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHORIC mean?
- Belonging to a chorus, especially the singing and speaking group of an ancient Greek play.
- What letters can be added to CHORIC?
- No single letter can be added to CHORIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHORIC:
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