Unscramble CHELONIAN and you have 239 words, CHELONIAN itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 12 points, CHANNEL, CHOLINE and HELICON among them. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CHELONIAN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
27 6-letter words in CHELONIAN; 6 of them share the top score of 11. ONLINE and CANINE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CHELONIAN, 25 score 10 points, the group's best. CHINA, CLEAN and CANON are the ones most people know.
15 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHELONIAN tie at 9 points; none scores more. EACH, ONCE and NICE will look familiar.
56 3-letter words made with CHELONIAN letters; 9 of them share the top score of 8. CAN, ONE and OIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CHELONIAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CH · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
What CHELONIAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CHELONIAN works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHELONIAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 200 | 237 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOCHEL, CANEH, COHEN, ELCHI, LINCH, NACHE, CHAL, NACH, ACH, ANCILE, CHA, CHE and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANCHO, CHOIL, CHOLA, CHOLI, LANCH, LOCHE, CHAI, OCHE, HALON, NEONIC, OCH, INCEL and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: HAOLE. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.
Each word below uses all the letters of CHELONIAN and one more.