CHRONON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CHRONON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHRONON?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHRONON is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHRONON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chrononsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHRONON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHRONON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,588 thousand.
What does CHRONON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hypothetical indivisible unit of time, proposed in some physical and philosophical theories.
Physicists who speculate that time is not continuous use the chronon as its smallest possible step. No experiment has confirmed one, so the idea remains a theoretical device and a staple of science fiction.
How CHRONON is used
Found in physics speculation and science fiction, nearly always in the context of quantised time.
- In his model the chronon is the shortest interval that can occur.
- The novel imagines a machine that can skip a single chronon.
- If a chronon existed, motion would happen in tiny jumps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHRONON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHRONON
1 longer words begin with CHRONON.
Shorter words from the letters in CHRONON
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Common questions about CHRONON
- Is CHRONON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHRONON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHRONON worth?
- CHRONON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHRONON mean?
- A hypothetical indivisible unit of time, proposed in some physical and philosophical theories.
- What letters can be added to CHRONON?
- CHRONON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHRONON:
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