CHROMA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CHROMA 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 CHROMA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHROMA is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHROMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chromasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHROMA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHROMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does CHROMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The purity or intensity of a colour, apart from how light or dark it is.
Artists and colour scientists use chroma to say how vivid a colour looks: a bright red has high chroma, while a dusty grey-red has low chroma. It is one of three dimensions, alongside hue and value, in systems that map every colour. The word was taken from the Greek word for colour, and it also appears in photography and video as a name for the colour part of a signal.
How CHROMA is used
Technical term from art, design and colour science.
- The painter raised the chroma of the sky with a stronger blue.
- Low chroma gives the photograph a soft, faded look.
- The chroma of the new fabric is too strong for the room.
- Each swatch in the chart shows a step of higher chroma.
- A monitor can lose chroma when its settings are wrong.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHROMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHROMA
The 6 tiles of CHROMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CHROMA
Showing 24 of 51 words that begin with CHROMA.
Shorter words from the letters in CHROMA
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Common questions about CHROMA
- Is CHROMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHROMA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHROMA worth?
- CHROMA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHROMA mean?
- The purity or intensity of a colour, apart from how light or dark it is.
- What letters can be added to CHROMA?
- CHROMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHROMA:
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