CHORTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHORTLE 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 CHORTLE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHORTLE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHORTLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHORTLE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHORTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does CHORTLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
Lewis Carroll coined chortle by blending chuckle and snort, and the sound it suggests is somewhere between the two. It implies private delight more than polite amusement.
How CHORTLE is used
Used in narrative writing to describe a happy, slightly smug laugh, often in the phrase chortle with delight.
- He began to chortle as soon as he read the letter.
- The audience would chortle at every one of his jokes.
- She tried not to chortle while the manager explained the mistake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHORTLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHORTLE
4 longer words begin with CHORTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CHORTLE
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Common questions about CHORTLE
- Is CHORTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHORTLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHORTLE worth?
- CHORTLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHORTLE mean?
- To laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
- What letters can be added to CHORTLE?
- CHORTLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHORTLE:
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