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CHAFE

5 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CHAFE Means

  1. verb: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  2. verb: feel extreme irritation or anger“He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation”
  3. noun: soreness and warmth caused by friction“he had a nasty chafe on his knee”
  4. noun: anger produced by some annoying irritation

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHAFE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 A1 F4 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In CHAFE

24 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (5)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (10)

Longer Words Containing CHAFE

CHAFE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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