CHYLOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CHYLOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHYLOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHYLOUS is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHYLOUS
No single letter turns CHYLOUS into another word.
How CHYLOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHYLOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,908 thousand.
What does CHYLOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to, containing or resembling chyle, the milky fluid of fats and lymph formed in the intestine during digestion.
Chylous describes fluid with a milky look caused by fat droplets from the digestive system. Doctors may mention chylous fluid when lymph vessels leak into the chest or abdomen.
How CHYLOUS is used
The word chylous is a medical term, as in chylous fluid or a chylous effusion.
- The sample was cloudy and chylous.
- A chylous leak followed the operation.
- The surgeon noted a chylous discharge from the wound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHYLOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CHYLOUS
The 7 tiles of CHYLOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CHYLOUS
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Common questions about CHYLOUS
- Is CHYLOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHYLOUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHYLOUS worth?
- CHYLOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHYLOUS mean?
- Relating to, containing or resembling chyle, the milky fluid of fats and lymph formed in the intestine during digestion.
- What letters can be added to CHYLOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CHYLOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHYLOUS:
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