Unscramble CHICNESS and you have 105 words, CHICNESS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CINCHES leads with 14 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CHICNESS split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 7 with 6, 21 with 5, 36 with 4, 26 with 3 and 11 with 2.
CHICS and CINCH share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHICNESS. CHESS, SHINE and NICHE are the ones most people know.
CHIC tops the 4-letter words from CHICNESS at 11 points; next come CHIN and CHIS on 9. NICE, INCH and SINS will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of CHICNESS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in SS · all 8-letter words
CHICNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CHICNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHICNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 105) | 80 | 105 | 75 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: ICHES, SECHS, NISHES, SECH, SICH, CHE, ECH, ISHES, CH, EISH, NESH, NISH and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: CHINSES, CHINSE, SCENICS, SESH and SHEN.