CHORINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHORINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHORINE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHORINE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHORINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chorinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHORINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHORINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does CHORINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanslang
A young woman who dances in the chorus line of a musical or revue.
The chorine belongs to the era of Broadway and vaudeville stages, where rows of dancers moved in unison behind the stars. The word carries a period flavour and is seldom used for performers today.
How CHORINE is used
Found mostly in writing about early twentieth-century theatre and film, where a chorine is a background dancer.
- The film follows a chorine who dreams of becoming a headline star.
- Every chorine in the line had to kick at exactly the same height.
- He married a chorine from the Follies shortly after the war.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHORINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHORINE
1 longer words begin with CHORINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHORINE
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Common questions about CHORINE
- Is CHORINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHORINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHORINE worth?
- CHORINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHORINE mean?
- A young woman who dances in the chorus line of a musical or revue.
- What letters can be added to CHORINE?
- CHORINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHORINE:
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