CHRONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHRONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHRONIC?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHRONIC is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHRONIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chronicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHRONIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHRONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What stands out about CHRONIC
- CHRONIC 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 CHRONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Chronic describes something that lasts a long time or keeps coming back, especially an illness or problem.
Doctors set chronic conditions against acute ones, which are sudden and short. Outside medicine the word is also used for persistent troubles such as shortages, and informally to mean very bad.
How CHRONIC is used
Chronic is common in health writing and in descriptions of long-running problems.
- She suffers from chronic back pain.
- The town faces a chronic shortage of water.
- A chronic cough kept him awake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHRONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHRONIC
11 longer words begin with CHRONIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CHRONIC
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Common questions about CHRONIC
- Is CHRONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHRONIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHRONIC worth?
- CHRONIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHRONIC mean?
- Chronic describes something that lasts a long time or keeps coming back, especially an illness or problem.
- What letters can be added to CHRONIC?
- CHRONIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHRONIC:
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