CHYRON is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CHYRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHYRON?
| 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 CHYRON is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHYRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chyronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHYRON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHYRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What stands out about CHYRON
- CHYRON gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHYRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
trademarkNorth American
A line of text shown over the picture on a television screen, such as a name or a headline.
The word started as a brand name for electronic caption equipment, and it came to mean any caption laid over live or recorded video. News programmes use a chyron to name a speaker, show a location or run a headline along the bottom of the screen. Viewers who talk about the crawl or the lower third are often describing the same thing.
How CHYRON is used
Common in American broadcasting and in everyday talk about the news.
- The chyron read "breaking news" in bold red letters.
- A typo in the chyron made the guest's name look odd.
- Producers changed the chyron every few minutes.
- The chyron slid across the bottom of the screen.
- She noticed that the chyron gave the wrong city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHYRON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHYRON
1 longer words begin with CHYRON.
Shorter words from the letters in CHYRON
Common questions about CHYRON
- Is CHYRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHYRON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHYRON worth?
- CHYRON is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHYRON mean?
- A line of text shown over the picture on a television screen, such as a name or a headline.
- What letters can be added to CHYRON?
- CHYRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHYRON:
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